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How Does Fitzgerald Use Symbols In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby

There comes a point in life when someone feels like they have found their other half. It may take years on finding the right someone and it may take just several months. Just like Gatsby falling in love with Daisy 5 years ago. Throughout the book the writer gives off many reasons why, F.Scott Fitzgerald, gave “The Great Gatsby” the theme as love. However, he gives many symbols in the book to help the reader piece the theme together while reading the book. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses amazing symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” to prove that being in love and loving someone can be two completely different thoughts.

Fitzgerald mentions many different symbols in “The Great Gatsby”;however, the green light at the end of the dock is …show more content…

The telephones were used often but was only used if the character was in a room by themselves or was talking about a subject that did not need to be heard about. The telephones used throughout “The Great Gatsby” is used to symbolize wealthiness and was also used to keep information safe between one another being very secretive. Fitzgerald states, ”The rumor is, Jordan whispered that's that’s Tom’s girl on the phone” (Fitzgerald 122 par 5) to show that the telephones were only available to the wealthier people. The telephone is used to basically destroy relationships in “The Great Gatsby”. Jordan was considered to be wealthy and was able to use the phone to talk back and forth to whoever she needed to talk to. If someone was not wealthy they were not able to use the telephone lines that were given to them. If someone was not able to use the telephones their conversations had to be taken elsewhere. Fitzgerald also uses the telephones to symbolize that the telephones were used to be very secretive. ”When almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.. Things went from bad to worse.”(Fitzgerald 18 par 4) The quote in the book was used to help the reader realize the telephones were being used very secretively. Telephones were they only way of communicating quietly without anyone finding out about information. “Only the very rich could afford single lines, a necessity for Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, since they both engaged in illicit affairs and cannot risk having neighbors eavesdrop on their conversations.”(Levitt 301 par 10) The article, “Point of View, Telephones, Doubling, and Vicarious Learning in The Great Gatsby,” gives many reasonings why “The Great Gatsby” uses symbolism in

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