Irony In The Great Gatsby And The Street

The theme of the The Great Gatsby, in my knowledge has to do with the time period that the main character was living in, and how the men and women would make choices based off of if another person had a high title and a hefty amount of money. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Street By H.P. Lovecraft utilizes setting, characterization, and irony to show the different ways that people had gotten around

. The Anthem for Doomed Youth is based in the early 1900s states how the author believes that the future youth of generations are not in good hands. More violence and no more manners or normal rituals. Many Literary elements where used in this short story. For example, the narrator uses setting and imagery to portray his thoughts on the early 1900s and how corrupt it really was. “The Street” was mentioned many times in this short story. It gives off the effect of irony. He shows that much of the newer generations is more reckless and careless when it came to there surroundings. The reasons why this would be considered irony is because, if one thinks about it, our elders think that about the newer

The literary devices irony, characterization, and setting. Characterization plays a huge part in the plot of this story. When Gatsby first finds out about Nick moving next store he uses his parties to get him to come over, maybe just maybe getting Daisy to come along as well. As they are cousins. Gatsby would be one to be thought of a very charming, wealthy, and hard working.

The setting they used was at the party they would be describing how it looked. Or the way the waves rippled when boats had passed by. Irony would be how Daisy had gotten used to the fact that Gatsby was gone and that he was never coming back. Not to mention that her husband was also cheating on her. She had began to like Nick the more that she was hanging around