Chapter seven of The Great Gatsby is crucial to the plot. In chapter seven, the author utilizes Nick, to illustrate the environment and characteristics. The author illustrates the environment and the characteristics going on in chapter seven by using rhetoric. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, uses diction, figurative language, and selection of detail to impact the audience.
Rhetoric, particularly diction, enhances Fitzgerald’s writing, making it effective. The author uses concrete diction, specifically scenarios and physical traits to stagger the audience. In chapter seven, while Nick is on a train towards East Egg, Nick observes closely at the conductor, stating “that anyone should care in this heat whose flushed lips, he kissed, whose head made damp pajama pocket over his heart” (Fitzgerald 115). The author illustrates the weather by using Nick’s observation of the conductor. At first, the author uses a scenario, of one kissing the sweaty conductor, in an insulting manner. When Fitzgerald uses …show more content…
Once Nick is at Daisy’s, Nick sees “a tiny gust of powder” which “rose from her bosom into the air” right after Daisy laughs (Fitzgerald 116). Just a moment ago, “Gatsby stood in the center” and “Daisy laughed” an “exciting laugh” (Fitzgerald 116). The author uses “tiny gust of powder” and “into the air”, concrete diction, to show the intensity of Daisy’s excitement. Acknowledging the hot weather, Daisy possibly applies powder, to keep her skin from dehydrating. Daisy’s excitement over Gatsby causes “a gust of powder”, which keeps her from dehydrating, to rise “from her bosom”. Daisy’s excitement and love for Gatsby, which is intense becomes a physical portrayal of excitement. Fitzgerald intends to make this scene, in so the end of chapter seven will have an
Rhetoric, particularly diction, enhances Fitzgerald’s writing, making it effective. The author uses concrete diction, specifically scenarios and physical traits to stagger the audience. In chapter seven, while Nick is on a train towards East Egg, Nick observes closely at the conductor, stating “that anyone should care in this heat whose flushed lips, he kissed, whose head made damp pajama pocket over his heart” (Fitzgerald 115). The author illustrates the weather by using Nick’s observation of the conductor. At first, the author uses a scenario, of one kissing the sweaty conductor, in an insulting manner. When Fitzgerald uses …show more content…
Once Nick is at Daisy’s, Nick sees “a tiny gust of powder” which “rose from her bosom into the air” right after Daisy laughs (Fitzgerald 116). Just a moment ago, “Gatsby stood in the center” and “Daisy laughed” an “exciting laugh” (Fitzgerald 116). The author uses “tiny gust of powder” and “into the air”, concrete diction, to show the intensity of Daisy’s excitement. Acknowledging the hot weather, Daisy possibly applies powder, to keep her skin from dehydrating. Daisy’s excitement over Gatsby causes “a gust of powder”, which keeps her from dehydrating, to rise “from her bosom”. Daisy’s excitement and love for Gatsby, which is intense becomes a physical portrayal of excitement. Fitzgerald intends to make this scene, in so the end of chapter seven will have an