In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author uses irony to develop the characters and story. From the introduction of Gatsby’s character all the way to his demise, both situational and verbal irony is transparent. By implementing irony into the novel, Fitzgerald makes the reader feel pity for Gatsby all the way to the end, allowing them to witness Gatsby as a tragic hero that remained pure to the very end.
In the opening of The Great Gatsby, Nick starts out by speaking of how Gatsby "represented everything for which [he had] an unaffected scorn" (2); and yet, Nick dedicates the entirety of the novel to the very person that he rejected. This show the irony of Gatsby’s character. He pretends to be someone he is not, and he does it well.
In the opening of The Great Gatsby, Nick starts out by speaking of how Gatsby "represented everything for which [he had] an unaffected scorn" (2); and yet, Nick dedicates the entirety of the novel to the very person that he rejected. This show the irony of Gatsby’s character. He pretends to be someone he is not, and he does it well.