Despite the stories that went around about Gatsby, Nick looked past them to learn who he truly was. “He smiled understandingly… it was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced… the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself… I'd got a strong impression that he was picking his words with care” (Fitzgerald, 49).
Nick’s idolization of Gatsby is evident. Because of this, Nick subconsciously turns the story in Gatsby’s favour and is quick to dismiss any other character’s perspective. Nick’s favouritism of Gatsby is evident when he states “Only Gatsby, the man who I give his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction- Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn,” (Fitzgerald 2). Nick’s feelings for Gatsby are complicated. Nick hates what Gatsby represents yet makes excuses for his misdeeds.
The last few pages of the novel focus on Nick’s view of Gatsby’s life and the way that his dream with Daisy has ultimately failed. It’s a powerful and emotional moment that uses symbolism and imagery. It reminds us of the fragility of life and the importance of pursuing dreams when they seem impossible. Nick’s attitude in this passage shows pity and admiration toward Gatsby. “Gatsby’s house was still empty when I left– the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine”(179).
The symbol I am going to pick for this project is, Jay Gatsby’s books. The reason why I picked this symbol is because I feel like this one is the most relevant to the story. What I mean by that is, when Owl Eyes states his suspicion of the books, it connects a lot of dots together within the book. Questions also sparked up in my mind when I thought about this, “Why does Gatsby have books he doesn’t read?” I’m sure this also caught the class’s attention on this subject as well.
I have used the books as my Gatsby Symbolism Project. I feel that the book symbolized Gatsby pretending to be something and someone that he truly is not. I feel that everyone knew who Gatsby was even through his lies and charades, but his facades that he made about himself him in the worst situation and at a disadvantage. In one point and place in the book, Gatsby talked about going to Harvard and he had pictures and medals just to prove his point because he felt that what he said wasn’t enough. Most people that go to the extended level just to try to get someone to believe him and if he did that himself, he knows himself that half the things he says aren’t really true.
Books like people give many different first impressions based on what they look like. The book The Great Gatsby is a story about a luxurious man named Jay Gatz and his pursuit of happiness, love and affection told by Nick Carraway. Book cover 1 captures Daisy crying a green tear in front of a city. The green tear represents Gatsby 's love for Daisy throughout the book, the city behind Daisy captures the economic difference in society, and the cover overall captures the theme of love throughout the book.
The novel, The Great Gatsby, is a romantic drama telling the story of a man named Nick Carraway in 1920s New York City, and his peculiar position in between the so called “love” of two friends. Nick witnesses the sin and debauchery of the Eastern life, including: lies, adultery, and murder, which forever alters his life. F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered a master of symbolism, which plays a major role in his novels. Three of the most important symbols in, The Great Gatsby, that have the most profound impact being the books in Gatsby’s library, Gatsby’s medal from Montenegro, and the dog collar found in Wilson’s home.
Since the beginning of the story, Gatsby had been painting this pretty portrait of a lavish life that he now lives. He resides in the nice part of town in a big nice mansion, and he also throws these lavish parties and flashes boatloads of money. In his house, he has a library filled from top to bottom with books that seems to impress everyone that sees them, but as the story unfolds, we start to learn that Gatsby has never read a single book in the library. I chose to use the books as a symbol from the story because it shows that Gatsby is putting on a facade about a life that he doesn’t live. He uses the books to “flex” about something that he really doesn’t have.
In the novel, The Great Gatsby,F. Scott Fitzgerald, shows the hardship of the roaring 20’s and america's new found obsession with wealth. We meet Gatsby who has been in love with Daisy since he met her five years ago, he attains a new lifestyle in order to be able to take her away from her husband, but sadly he never achieves that. The story is narrated by Nick, who is ultimately Gatsby true and only friend in the novel. Fitzgerald highlights the idea of the american dream in his novel, the great gatsby, we can see the way Fitzgerald depicts the american dream by using multiple symbols to exemplify the false reality of the american dream.
Quixotically dreaming allows one to prosper exceedingly in order for their dream to become reality; they will do as needed to inch themselves closer to their delusion. However, it becomes destructive. They will do as needed translates to: anything will be done, no matter harmful or dangerous. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby buys a house, where he is able to see the green light coming from Daisy’s house. Obsession seeps through this action, and the audience, the therapist whom which Nick is writing to, senses a psychological disorder.
The Great Gatsby GEOGRAPHY Throughout the novel, places and settings symbolize the various aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America, and New York City the dissolute, amoral quest for money and pleasure. Additionally, the East is connected to the moral decay and social cynicism of New York, while the West is connected to more traditional social values and ideals. Themes: The American Dream "Whereas the American Dream was once equated with certain principles of freedom, it is now equated with things.
Scott Fitzgerald, an American Novelist who illustrated during the Jazz Age, wrote a sensational book by the name of “The Great Gatsby” that currently influences the world of writing. Since the release of “The Great Gatsby”, Scott Fitzgerald's literary genius has been made into a movie that won 21 different awards in 2014. Only 25,000 copies were sold before Fitzgerald sadly passed away, that’s only a thousandth of the total amount sold today. Students attending American schools have to read “The Great Gatsby" as a part of their curriculum, and this has been in schools for 20 or more years. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a truly effective writer and has the evidence to prove it.
A pool tinted red from the sap of life. A deflated air mattress floated meekly against the pool. The wounded mattress covered the deceased body of Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of “The Great Gatsby” written by Fitzgerald. His death sought by George Wilson, A widower who craved the twisted vengeance of his cheating wife
Jun Woo Hwang Mr. Gray American Literature 31 May, 2015 Uses of Symbols in The Great Gatsby Generally thought of as Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s most excellent work, The Great Gatsby is a story of thwarted love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. The novel was a twentieth century bestseller and there are some components that have made the story one of the greatest works of fiction. One of the works that had made the novel remarkable was the use of symbolisms.
Most authors take time to put real meaning and purpose into their writings. Typically, all stories have a moral or message that one can draw from them. Born September 24, 1896, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald knew that his calling was writing. Although Fitzgerald grows up to write many different works, he does not receive real recognition until after his death in 1940 [“F(rancis)”]. Fitzgerald writes many compositions in the 1920s that are still well-known today.
