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Rhetorical Analysis On The Great Gatsby

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How would you feel if you finally experienced the American dream as F. Scott Fitzgerald showed in the classic book, “The Great Gatsby”? One way F. Scott Fitzgerald shows this is when the character Gatsby throws lavish parties everybody attends. Although this may not seem like the American dream it is, the parties he throws are a striking representation of the desire for the material side of everything he has going on and even the illusion that money comes with happiness, which is another representation of the American dream. If that's the case then how come when people have money they change and sometimes are not happy with their life or what they are doing? People tend to think the American dream is easy to achieve when that is not true because not …show more content…

Even bringing up how Gatsby went from being in the war and having a low income to a successful businessman who even attended Oxford. He has shown many different ways of the American dream throughout the book and his choice of writing has probably made him one of the most popular authors; he has one of the most popular books called “The Great Gatsby”. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a highly rated author amongst many because of his use of rhetorical devices that were used in one of his best novels called, “The Great Gatsby”. Fitzgerald used to use many rhetorical devices in his book to help readers like us better understand what was going on. A few of the rhetorical devices he has used consist of Metaphor, Simile, Imagery, etc, He used these to keep the readers interested in his book and read more and even create more sales towards his books. This detailed description paints a picture of how vibrant it becomes as the night goes on and progresses, accompanied by the sounds and lights of the orchestra playing. The person who said this quote was the narrator, Nick

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