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Weather In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby is about an unsuccessful love story, and the author, Nick Carraway, is in the midst of it. Weather is a major motif in the Great Gatsby, the weather is a direct correlation with the mood and atmosphere. At various points throughout the story, the weather proves to be a turning point. When the weather changes, we know that something is about to happen. Towards the beginning of this novel, Nick meets up with his past friend, Tom, and second cousin, Daisy. Nick tells us, “And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all.” When I think of a warm and windy day, I think of a seemingly perfect day. Nick was excited to hang out with old friends because since …show more content…

Gatsby is well known for his outrageous parties every Saturday night. Gatsby lives directly across the bay from his long lost love, Daisy. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy over, and “The day agreed upon was pouring rain.” Gatsby and Daisy reunite amidst a rainstorm, while their love reawakens when the sun comes out. The stormy weather could represent Gatsby’s nervousness. He had been waiting a long time for this moment, and was even depressed for letting her get away. A few pages later Fitzgerald writes, “About half an hour, the sun shone again.” Nick had been standing outside under an old tree outside, when the sun begins to shine. When he walks back into the house, Daisy is crying, but not tears of sadness. The sun represents the mood of happiness. The two were happy to be catching up, and that things were going so …show more content…

The climax occurs on the hottest day of the year. Nick says, “The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer.” As expected, when I read this, I knew something was about to happen. Nick, Daisy, Gatsby, Tom, and Jordan all decide to take a ride into town. Tom is beginning to question the relationship of his wife and Gatsby. Tom stops by Wilson’s garage because Gatsby’s car is running low on gas. Wilson tells Tom that him and his wife, Tom’s mistress, will be moving away. Tom feels that the two women in his life are slipping away from him. After a heated discussion, Tom demands that Gatsby take Daisy and go back home. When Tom, Nick, and Jordan drive past the valley of ashes they discover a frightening scene. They discover that Myrtle had been ran over by an unknown driver of a yellow car. Tom assumes that Gatsby was the driver. Nick awaits outside the house in the moonlight worried for Daisy. The hot weather in this part of the story represents the tension between characters. The heat definitely causes the characters to be

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