The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book full of beautiful context that goes beyond its meaning. F. Scott Fitzgerald added literary terms that emphasized his point about the American Dream, or any dream in general, and how Nick felt, especially at the end of the story. He uses personification, symbolism, and imagery to convey and develop Nick’s attitude toward Gatsby. Nick Carraway, a humble young man who graduated from Yale in 1915, is the narrator of the story. At the end of the book, Fitzgerald uses an allusion. On page 180, Nick says “And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes.” The Dutch were early European
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“I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock... and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it” (p180). He knew his dream was so close yet so far from him. “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in the vast obscurity beyond the city...” (p180). The vast obscurity is the Midwest where Gatsby grew up. This place is the root of all his dreams and hopes, of his greenlight. There was a type of respectability during this time. This is the place where the story of Gatsby and Daisy begins. He felt almost sorry for Gatsby because he had it all except for his love. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” The green light is a symbolism of the American Dream, of Gatsby’s hope for a future with Daisy, a future that kept getting farther and farther away. Nick realized just how much Gatsby loved Daisy. Daisy is a perfect, pure dream in Gatsby’s eyes. She is the dream Gatsby is persistent on achieving, like the American Dream Fitzgerald is referring to. A perfect vision, but an unreachable dream. Nick uses imagery to describe Gatsby’s situation. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (p.180). He is saying Gatsby is going against the current, making an effort to get across the shore to that green light, but it is easy to cease back into the arms of the past when he can’t unhook himself from the past, and when he does, then what happens? Nick’s attitude towards Gatsby is portrayed by Fitzgerald using personification, symbolism, and imagery. He admired Gatsby’s effort of making a name for himself. He has a sense of confusion of Gatsby and Daisy’s past and he feels sorry for Gatsby being stuck in the past, yet striving in the
“I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock... and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it” (p180). He knew his dream was so close yet so far from him. “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in the vast obscurity beyond the city...” (p180). The vast obscurity is the Midwest where Gatsby grew up. This place is the root of all his dreams and hopes, of his greenlight. There was a type of respectability during this time. This is the place where the story of Gatsby and Daisy begins. He felt almost sorry for Gatsby because he had it all except for his love. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” The green light is a symbolism of the American Dream, of Gatsby’s hope for a future with Daisy, a future that kept getting farther and farther away. Nick realized just how much Gatsby loved Daisy. Daisy is a perfect, pure dream in Gatsby’s eyes. She is the dream Gatsby is persistent on achieving, like the American Dream Fitzgerald is referring to. A perfect vision, but an unreachable dream. Nick uses imagery to describe Gatsby’s situation. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (p.180). He is saying Gatsby is going against the current, making an effort to get across the shore to that green light, but it is easy to cease back into the arms of the past when he can’t unhook himself from the past, and when he does, then what happens? Nick’s attitude towards Gatsby is portrayed by Fitzgerald using personification, symbolism, and imagery. He admired Gatsby’s effort of making a name for himself. He has a sense of confusion of Gatsby and Daisy’s past and he feels sorry for Gatsby being stuck in the past, yet striving in the