To begin with, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism throughout the entire story of The Great Gatsby. Symbolism uses objects to depict a specific scenario or even an idea. A major theme in The Great Gatsby is “The American dream” which is all about having the …show more content…
An example of a simile in "The Great Gatsby" is in chapter 7, “Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans” (Fitzgerald 127). Fitzgerald describes Daisy and Jordan "like silver idols" to make the reader envision two wealthy people who should be idolized. Another simile used is when Fitzgerald is describing "The Valley of Ashes" as "A fantastic farm where the ashes grow like wheat (Fitzgerald 23). This simile relates how wheat grows to how the ashes grew in this abandoned farm land. Fitzgerald wants you to picture a run down dead area. Similes are a good literary device to show a relation between two