Elements Of Modernism In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby Final Essay What is Modernism? How does The Great Gatsby fits into the Modernist Genre? Modernism is the veto of truth; it believes that science will save the world. Modernism is also an era of failure, mistake and setback. People are engaged in doing wrong things to others and to their life as well. All they want is to discover new and valuable things for example, money, jewelry, big houses, etc. Modernism happened in the Jazz age or roaring twenties, this period is all about crimes, gangsters, restrictions, and prejudice. The Great Gatsby represents the Modernist period, and that will also indicate how the Jazz Age and Surrealism are being defined in the novel, through examples, quotations, and explanations on how each relate to the modernist genre and helped the novel became one of a kind. The Great Gatsby is truly a modernist …show more content…
What also makes the novel a modernist is first, the symbol of T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes and what it represents. T.J. Eckleburg represents as the replacement of God, in modernism God is dead and the people are looking for someone to take God’s position. Just like Wilson said “God see’s everything” (Chapter 8-Book) he’s talking about the billboard of T.J. Eckleburg, he’s referring to Gatsby on how he accused Gatsby of killing Myrtle. Second, The Great Gatsby is a modernist artist because of the loss of American dream. Modernism is characterized by the failure of everything the people believed in. The American Dream of this novel is Jay Gatsby; he came from an impoverished family and thrived in his success. He became a successful person because of what Daisy did to him; she left