Polysyndetones In The Great Gatsby By Ernest Hemingway

200 Words1 Pages
Hemingway uses symbolism and polysyndetons to develop different themes that he plans to explore later in the novel. In this passage, he establishes the setting as being a remote area as well as "late summer" Here, he uses the common symbolism of spring being birth and summer being youth, so the fact that it is "late summer" means that it is the beginning of the end, for after youth comes a gradual death. This time of youth is one theme that he explores later in the novel. He also uses many polysyndetones, which can be seen through the repetition of the word "and": "In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels." Here, he mentions the water