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The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Language Essay

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What impression Fitzgerald's use of language crest at the beginning of chapter 3 ? In the beginning of chapter 3 Fitzgerald creates the impression as if Gatsby's party is not real as if it's a fairytale. He does it by mentioning “blue gardens “ which is an imagery used to create a sense of a fairytale. He also give an impression of a fairytale by saying “men and girls came and met like moths” which is a simile to height the fact that the party is bright and alluring for the guests and that the guests are unreal. By saying men and girls it gives the reader the impression that the men that are in the party are rich because men and girls are different age. To continue with the impression of Gatsby's wealth there is a repetition of the pronoun “his” to reinforce Gatsby's vast wealth. …show more content…

Fitzgerald also wrote “ enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden” he used a hyperbole and imagery to reinforce that Gatsby has a lot of stuff and money and that the party has a large-scale. By writing “ pigs and turkey bewitched to dark gold” so by using the adjective “bewitched” to emphasize on the “unreal” feeling of the party. The dark gold gives the impression of wealth so in this case its imagery to highlight the pageantry of the

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