Personification In The Great Gatsby Analysis

The Great Gatsby takes time during the 1920s in New York City. A well-educated man or as he appears to be, returns to the city where he fell in love as a young poor boy with a rich girl, named daisy. In interest of encountering his long lost love, Gatsby buys a mansion next to Nicks home who is Daisy’s cousin. With Gatsby return Daisy finds herself wondering if she really loves her formal life. As Daisy sees that Gatsby has all she has ever looked for in a man, she begins an affair with Gatsby himself, providing Gatsby with false hope since Daisy does end up with her formal husband Tom Buchanan. Nick finds himself trapped between the weird relationships going on and one with him and Jordan, Daisy’s best friend. Even though at a point Nick feels betrayed by Gatsby, he remains a loyal friend to him until the end. During most of the 1920s most people had to deal with the World War 1 after effects, which caused many to deal with the poverty that wandered through America. In the “Great Gatsby” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices such as motif, symbolism, imagery, allegory, foreshadowing, simile and metaphor to convey that there is no such thing as …show more content…
This is part of conversation between Gatsby and Daisy ““Wouldn’t ask too much of her," I ventured. “You can 't repeat the past." "Can 't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.” This conversation tells the reader that Gatsby feels slightly nostalgic toward his past because back then Daisy felt nothing but love for him and nothing was in there way, yet the actions Gatsby tells contradict his words because he exhibits awareness as if he were afraid of his past. This whole concept diminishes the idea that Gatsby actually reached the “American