Adjectives In The Great Gatsby

Of all the famous authors from the “roarin’ 20s," F. Scott Fitzgerald is by far one of the most memorable. His works seem to touch the readers of the time and even touch us today. Through his techniques of double vision, use of verbs, etc, and his themes of the American dream, emotions, and more. In the beginning, Fitzgerald wrote his novels with expansive and speculative rhetoric. But towards the end of his career, his novels began to become fast paced and action filled, almost as if they were action movies. Passos said that a good story should have the ability to detach itself from its period, but still embody its period, and he states that Fitzgerald’s stories did just that. Passos also says that in his works, Fitzgerald uses conflicts …show more content…
He often employs the use of adjectives to help visualize a scene, especially when that scene is romantic. He tends to strangely link adjectives that are contradictory, such as sad and lovely, but still gives the image he wants you to see. Throughout his use of adjectives, Fitzgerald seems to rarely use them for the physical attributes of his characters, but mostly just emotional. His use of adverbs is meant to evoke certain things in your mind, and also be extremely descriptive. His works also have a dramatic use of verbs, Fitzgerald also seems to use long, narrative sentences, especially in “The Great Gatsby," But while they are long they just add another sense of depth to the story without any more complexity. His sentences also see to start with one idea and end up a totally different one, but while they seem to be just random ranting, they actually all have a track they are on (Bryant …show more content…
Women before the 1920s, typically busied themselves with caring for the home, their husbands, and the children of the house. But in Fitzgerald 's works, the women seem to be mainly concerned with their placement on the social scale. In “Gatsby," affairs are rampant. Myrtle is having an affair with Tom because he “got some women in New York”. But in these affairs, the partners had different views. Tom saw it as just fun, while Myrtle saw it as a way to get materialistic gifts from Tom (Samkanashvili 47-48). Besides just creating brave and memorable heroines, Fitzgerald was also known for making his characters to have the qualities of him, or the “Fitzgeralden qualities”. The men of the stories would often be not only seeking wealth and success, but also happiness in their lives. They more specifically seemed to look for success early in their lives, romance, and ideal lives for