Examples Of Characterization In The Great Gatsby

The book is written from first person, as Nick the narrator for the book is writing the book from his perspective. The reason you know that this book is written from first perspective is because in the beginning of chapter 1 Nick introduces himself, and how he is writing this book about Gatsby, his neighbor. In addition throughout the chapters he used “I, my cousin, and etc” to refers to the characters in the book. Also when he was talking about Gatsby he tells everyone about he is “his neighbor”, although he has never met him until this point in the book. Those were some of the clues that the authors used to write in first person, from the perspective of one of the characters in the book, Nick. This book is still written by an author, as Nick …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald uses a lot of imagery in his writing for example when he describes the valleys of ashes, he describes it being dark and where people dies. Also after that scene he describes the eye of Dr. TJ as the eyes looking over everything as being so large that it is more than just the advertisement. In addition he describes the situation at Tom’s house with so much imagery that it is easy to imagine the faces of Tom and Daisy staring at one another when the phone rang as well the shocked and confused expansion on Nick’s face. This shows that he also uses a lot of symbolism in his writing as so far he has used three or even more symbols in the book; the eyes of Dr. TJ, the Valley of ashes, and the green light. He also uses different perspective throughout the recent chapters as he went through how each character feels, so the readers can connect to them very easily. One example for that would be the relationship between Tom and Daisy, as when Daisy explained it to Nick she not only used the way she felt, but also some of the realistic problems that she was going through like Tom not being there when their daughter was …show more content…
One example would be when Nick first went to meet his cousin, Daisy, just in that chapter you find out that her husband is cheating on her, and that is something that sets the mood for the novel as that dinner was very awkward for everyone. That dinner made the reader, me, think about how each of the character must be feeling, as there was not much told about Daisy’s friend Ms. Baker. Ms. Baker is very gossipy which also sets the mood to be very gossipy at certain points in the book. For example when the phone call came and Ms. Baker asked Nick to stop talking or when Mrs. Wilson’s sister was eager to find out about Gatsby, the mysterious rich man in the town. Other times when the book becomes very judgmental is when Tom took Nick to the garage and he was acting very rude with Mr. Wilson which shows him just being there to meet Mrs. Wilson. During the time Nick is also very judgmental about the entire scenario and the Valley of ashes. At the until now the book is always gossipy and judgmental about the circumstances, characters, and even the decision made by Nick like, Why did he go to meet Tom’s mistress when he is related to Daisy, Tom’s