Distinguished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby illustrates Gatsby’s awful realization of his reality. Fitzgerald’s purpose is to depict the agony of Gatsby’s existential crisis. His distressing word choice creates a melancholic mood to convey for Gatsby’s hopelessness.
Fitzgerald’s begins his passage by portraying Gatsby’s existential crisis on realizing his life is not like he pictured it. He expresses Gatsby’s state of mind by writing that he felt like “the old warm world” was adrift and looking at “unfamiliar sky” made him “shivered” (161). He illustrates Gatsby’s state of mind going downhill realizing his crude reality in order to portray his “new world” being miserable (161). The language Fitzgerald uses evokes
Fitzgerald’s begins his passage by portraying Gatsby’s existential crisis on realizing his life is not like he pictured it. He expresses Gatsby’s state of mind by writing that he felt like “the old warm world” was adrift and looking at “unfamiliar sky” made him “shivered” (161). He illustrates Gatsby’s state of mind going downhill realizing his crude reality in order to portray his “new world” being miserable (161). The language Fitzgerald uses evokes