Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Essay

Yellow Cocktail Music: The Use of Color in The Great Gatsby The Jazz Age of the 1920’s was a fast-paced, lovedrunk decade. It was colored with all forms of art, from music and literature to sex and war. The American Dream first emerged during this time, or rather, a new and materialistic version of it emerged. Everyone wanted to drink from a fountain of youth and eat from a feast of good fortune and wealth, and the pursuit of this lead to the ultimate downfall of American society in the year…

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 1925) symbolism and metaphors are used frequently. It can be argued that Fitzgerald incorporates these elements into the very core of the novel to such a degree that it takes many re-reads of the book for the average reader to gain a full appreciation of the intrinsic subtextual nuance and complexity of Fitzgerald's work, almost to the point of unintentional circumlocution — at least to the contemporary, 21st-century reader. Examining the book…

Be Yourself People believe that they are individuals and that they do not always conform to the ways of society. But is this really true? The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a vicious and fatal love triangle between the married Tom and Daisy Buchanan, the mistress, Myrtle Wilson and an extremely wealthy man, Jay Gatsby. Somehow the innocent Nick Carraway gets caught in the middle and finds a love interest of his own, Jordan Baker. “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e.…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a tragic love story about a very wealthy man named Jay Gatsby who is in love with Daisy Buchanan, who is married to Tom Buchanan. The novel takes the reader back to America, New York specifically, in the 1920’s. During this time, New York was divided based on social class. In West Egg (where Gatsby lives), the people were wealthy but they were self made. On the other hand, in East Egg (where Tom and Daisy lives), the people were extremely wealthy and…

At first glance F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”( MLA) is simply about a man and his pursuit of love. But in reality there is so much more to it than that. In order to fully comprehend the characters, the places and the events in the book, one must read between the lines. Fitzgerald writes in a fashion that allows a critically thinking reader to infer things that are not stated outright. There are several recurring themes in this book like wealth, geography and most notoriously colour.…

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby bursts with vibrant and captivating language, which vividly paints a picture of the dazzling life in the Roaring 20’s. His use of literary devices, ranging from symbolism to metaphors to similes, coordinate into an enchanting tale that on a deeper level deals with the destructiveness of American materialism and greed. Fitzgerald’s language is rich and dense, but once dissected, reveals a criticism of and disillusionment with the American Dream and what it…

Edmund Sykes Mrs. Staum American Literature/Hour 5 16 November 2015 Foreshadowing in Symbolism The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous stories in American Literature, as it criticizes the upper class through a dramatic tale of love, conflict, and corruption. In his story, Fitzgerald uses many forms of symbolism, in which each symbol holds a vital purpose to his story, especially when it comes to hinting towards later events in the story. In terms of the American dream,…

immoral actions and “being free”. By alluding to biblical times, Fitzgerald is able to show the irony in The Great Gatsby of how unimportant religion was during the time and the misconstrued view of God. Fitzgerald mirrors the symbolic use of dust in his novel, to parallel that dust/ash clouds clear vision and causes misguided actions. The author of The Great Gatsby uses the symbolism of dust and ashes to foreshadow death and indicate a loss of innocence. Readers meet Wilson in chapter two as…

Directors’ careful decisions regarding precise details, particularly in the opening of a film, can cause viewers to interpret films in various ways. With such a successful novel like The Great Gatsby, two directors accepted the challenge of bringing this novel to the big screen. Using color choices to show symbolism, developing the storyline through setting and props, and the introduction of Nick Carraway are imperative in how much or how little the films will differ from the novel. The 1974 and…

regarded her sexual relation to Gatsby as mere pleasure. By and large, both the green lantern and car have their own significant imagery to characters. Nevertheless, they are all related to American Dream. The green lantern refers people’s passion and aspiration for it, while the car implies and criticizes their blindness and decadence to seek their wishes. They respectively symbolize the enticement and evanescence of American Dream. Last but not the least, symbolism plays an essential role in…