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Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

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In the book the author uses character dialogue to display the views and overall optimistic view of Gatsby, which is important to the understanding of the book to describe what makes Gatsby himself and what others view of him is as a person. In the book when Nick first meets Gatsby he states “He had 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, or seemed to face, 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.” This description of Gatsby is what makes him so alluring and interesting …show more content…

In the beginning of the story Nick states when he first saw Gatsby from afar “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…. I glanced seaward and could distinguish nothing except a single green light. “ The green light that Gatsby is reaching his arms out towards is the light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s mansion on the other side of the water, and the light for Gatsby symbolizes Daisy who is his one true love and the reason he bought the home right across so he could be close to her. The light is what keeps Jay Gatsby going it acts as the one person who he longs for and hopes to run into some day, it’s the reminder that Daisy is near and he will one day have her again. The house that Gatsby bought across the water is also used as symbol of the life Gatsby hopes to show that he can now provide to Daisy. Nick describes it as “A colossal affair by any standard… it was a factual imitation of some Hotel De Ville in Normandy.” This shows that the home Gatsby bought is magnificent and a marvel, this is used a sign for Daisy that he hopes will prove he can give her all she needs. This is because when he had originally meet Daisy he didn’t have any money and came from a poor family, but now that he has money he wants to show Daisy that he can provide for he just as good if not better than Tom Buchanan

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First, Daisy and Nick join Gatsby at Gatsby’s house next door where her and Gatsby get some time to recollect themselves, “He hadn 't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs,” (pg.112). First, in this part of the book is when Gatsby’s attitude throughout the rest of the story completely changes; therefore, the whole world seems to disappear causing him to fall for Daisy. Then, he doesn’t even compensate the rest of his house and how glorious it is due to Daisy taking over his whole entire attention span; this almost caused him to fall down his own stairs.

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This metaphor is an in depth description of Gatsby’s imagination. His dreams exemplifies the hope he has to achieve his greatest desire: to once again be with his true love. The reference to the rock indicates a solid foundation on which he builds his visions and ideals. However, this “rock” is described as on top of a fantasy, a “fairy’s wing.” This comes to show that Gatsby truly believes that his dreams are part of his reality and is convinced that he is able to be with Daisy Buchanan once again.

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Due to the fact that Nick does not know Gatsby’s secrets, Gatsby appears to Nick as a divine figure. Fitzgerald’s use of the word “eternal” indicates Gatsby’s smile as an angelic feature because divine beings live forever. In addition, when Nick first mentions Gatsby at the beginning of the story, he claims that Gatsby is the only person that is exempt from his judgement because of Gatsby’s angelic characteristics. Nick enlightens matters further when he claims that, “only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction-Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality is an unbroken series of of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life” (2).

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