F. Scott Fitzgerald develops the symbolism of the weather throughout The Great Gatsby in order to convey the emotions and relationships between the characters which then provides the realism of the connections between the characters. First and foremost, Fitzgerald wrote “The day agreed upon was pouring rain” (Fitzgerald, page 83). Thus, the rain generally symbolizes complication, foreshadows downfall, and elaborates a sense of gloominess.. Therefore, as it rains on the day that Daisy and Gatsby reunite, the reader is able to understand that their forming relationship can soon be complicated. For this reason, the evidence of the rain helps achieve the author's purpose of identifying the realism between Gatsby and Daisy by sampling the rain