How Is The Sheik Of Araby Used In The Great Gatsby

The setting of the jazz age gives the time frame of The Great Gatsby musical choices. The songs mentioned in the novel set the mood of the scenes and give them a deeper meaning. Fitzgerald uses the lyrics mentioned in The Great Gatsby to help the reader have a stronger understanding of the scenes. The songs also create a rhythmic flow for the reader in the scenes in which they are mentioned. The use of the songs, “The Sheik of Araby,” “Ain't We Got Fun,” “Three O'Clock in the Morning,” “Beale Street Blues”. The song “The Sheik of Araby” appears in chapter four when Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker are on a date. Jordan explains the situation of Gatsby and Daisy to Nick, but Nick is much more interested in sweeping Jordan off her feet. The lyrics of “The Sheik of Araby” are used as a passing metaphor for Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchanan. “I’m the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At night when you’re asleep, Into your tent I’ll creep-” (83). Gatsby thinks that Daisy’s love belongs to him and that he wants to rekindle his love with Daisy. Gatsby wants to creep back into Daisy’s

This song is played after Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion and the two characters and Nick go to Gatsby’s house and after Gatsby shows Daisy around his mansion (REVISE THIS SENTENCE). The lines “In the morning, In the evening, Ain’t we got fun—,” are symbolic of the overall pleasure shown in the book (100). The lines “…the rich get richer and the poor – get children” reference to the rich, in this context, means that the richness of Gatsby’s life with Daisy and the reference to the poor explains the poor connection to Tom Buchanan, her husband (I fixed a thing that needed commas, but this needs revised for clarity as I’m not sure what it’s saying). The last lines mentioned, “In the meantime, In between time-,” give the reader the insight of the future affair between Gatsby and