F. Scott Fitzgerald is an incredibly talented writer with years of writing experience as well as previous novels under his belt. In Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby we learn all about Gatsby’s parties that are thrown and the magnitude at which young people fall into those parties. But we also learn the true reason for these lavish parties… so Gatsby may talk to a young female names Jordan Baker. In Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes Similes and Imagery to illustrate the setting as well as Gatsby’s luxurious lifestyle.
Throughout The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses numerous forms of figurative language to make his writing come to life, one of those pieces of figurative language is similes. “In his blue gardens men and girls come and go like moths among the whisperings and the champagne” Fitzgerald, Chapter 3. Fitzgerald is comparing the way that men and women move at the parties to the way moths move to and fro looking for light, food, and attention. “... while his station …show more content…
“... I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the sound, drawing aquaplanes over contracts of foam” Fitzgerald Chapter 3. Fitzgerald uses vivid imagery to describe in detail the views of people diving into the water, or party goers driving Gatsby’s motor boats and how they “slit the waters of sound.” “On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold” Fitzgerald, Chapter 3. Fitzgerald shows how elaborate the spread of food for all his parties were. All the food seemed elegant in not just appearance, but in presentation as well. Fitzgerald uses imagery to draw his readers into the wonderful world of
Throughout The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses numerous forms of figurative language to make his writing come to life, one of those pieces of figurative language is similes. “In his blue gardens men and girls come and go like moths among the whisperings and the champagne” Fitzgerald, Chapter 3. Fitzgerald is comparing the way that men and women move at the parties to the way moths move to and fro looking for light, food, and attention. “... while his station …show more content…
“... I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motorboats slit the waters of the sound, drawing aquaplanes over contracts of foam” Fitzgerald Chapter 3. Fitzgerald uses vivid imagery to describe in detail the views of people diving into the water, or party goers driving Gatsby’s motor boats and how they “slit the waters of sound.” “On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold” Fitzgerald, Chapter 3. Fitzgerald shows how elaborate the spread of food for all his parties were. All the food seemed elegant in not just appearance, but in presentation as well. Fitzgerald uses imagery to draw his readers into the wonderful world of