Examples Of Imagery In The Great Gatsby

Within this quote we can see a lot about Gatsby, Jordan, Nick, and the society/time period the book takes place in. First, Gatsby asks to see Jordan privately and talks to her about his old past and who he used to be.Which is interesting because Gatsby despised his past so much that he tried to forget about and even went so far to change his name. So here he goes exposing himself and becoming vulnerable and opening up to someone in the face of everything he has done. Later on we get a lot of imagery from Nick's perspective about what the following scene is like. He describes in detail the crying singer and how she sings which is the result of the fight she had with her husband. Well right now were are in the 1920s within the context of the book. …show more content…
The men usually made all of the decision and their words were final. We can see that here very well the women are arguing with the men to stay at the party. But it is in a futile effort because the husbands end up winning out over their wives as “both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night”. We can see a lot about Gatsby and how he acts toward specific people. Once he’s done talking with Jordan “the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him” so he’s very formal to everyone at the party and puts up a mask of sorts but towards the ones he deems it to be unnecessary he acts different. Throughout the entire thing Nick is just seen to be wondering about waiting for Jordan to return. Which reinforces his character trait of being curious and wanting to