F. Scott Fitzgerald used many different literary details and figures of speech in his novel The Great Gatsby. His use of these literary details and figures of speech adds depth to the novel and allows the reader to see clearly what the author has intended. Throughout The Great Gatsby class and wealth are a common theme showing up frequently all through the novel ("The LitCharts Study Guide to The Great Gatsby." LitCharts. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2015). Fitzgerald draws a person's attention to class and wealth using intricate details and figurative speech laced throughout the story. He uses figurative language such as "the golden girl" (128), "Her voice is full of money" (128) along with details from the text to highlight class and wealth
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He describes Daisy's house as "a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay"(9) and Nick's as "a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month"(5). By picking out certain details from this text, some conclusions are able to be made. For example, in the description of Daisy's house it is said to be cheerful and a mansion. By describing the home as a mansion the reader could assume the house is large, expensive, and something that someone with wealth and of higher class would own. Similarly, conclusions could be made of Nick's house by using the details Fitzgerald has provided. By describing the house as a "weather beaten cardboard bungalow" he is getting the reader to envision a not visually appealing, small, flimsy, and inexpensive house that may belong to a person of little wealth or lower class. He even goes so far as to tell the reader how much Nick pays for his home every month. By using such specific details Fitzgerald paints such a distinctive picture which leaves nothing to the imagination of the reader. For this reason the conclusion that details can assist in highlighting class and wealth within the novel can be
He describes Daisy's house as "a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay"(9) and Nick's as "a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month"(5). By picking out certain details from this text, some conclusions are able to be made. For example, in the description of Daisy's house it is said to be cheerful and a mansion. By describing the home as a mansion the reader could assume the house is large, expensive, and something that someone with wealth and of higher class would own. Similarly, conclusions could be made of Nick's house by using the details Fitzgerald has provided. By describing the house as a "weather beaten cardboard bungalow" he is getting the reader to envision a not visually appealing, small, flimsy, and inexpensive house that may belong to a person of little wealth or lower class. He even goes so far as to tell the reader how much Nick pays for his home every month. By using such specific details Fitzgerald paints such a distinctive picture which leaves nothing to the imagination of the reader. For this reason the conclusion that details can assist in highlighting class and wealth within the novel can be