The Great Gatsby Diction Analysis

In the first passage after Jay Gatsby's death in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald uses a series of familiar details, vivid descriptions, and eerie language to provide a feeling of tranquility after a tragic event which brings forth a sense of irony and the calm sensation of weightlessness of the water capping the end to Jay Gatsby's life as if his death was peaceful and meaningful. Fitzgerald's use of soft diction gives the final moments leading up to the end of Gatsby's life a sort of soothing tone and his description of the water really eases the tension of his final moments. Fitzgerald's use of vivid, familiar imagery helps the reader understand the feeling of buoyancy Gatsby was feeling as if they were on a …show more content…
All through the entire novel Fitzgerald for the most part romanticizes Gatsby and his life however in this section it appears as though he segregates himself from Jay and depicts his life in an exceptionally quiet, impartial way. One respects Gatsby, if for no other explanation than his capacity to support a fantasy in a world that is verifiably unwelcoming to visionaries. His passing has, as it were, expelled him from his mortal presence and permitted him resurrection into an alternate, ideally better, life. As Nick says, Gatsby "more likely than not felt that he had lost the old warm world" when his fantasy kicked the bucket, and discovered no motivation to go on. In that sense, Wilson's killing him is an appreciated end.

Fitzgerald utilizes a progression of long, easily streaming sentences to add to the general topic of lightness and weightlessness of the water. Gatsby's demise on account of George Wilson makes his journey complete. The grammatical picture of the unprejudiced water denote that his fantasy is totally dead and by lying in the pool, Gatsby is doing nothing to secure himself, as though he is stating that he won't decline whatever is in front of him. Gatsby remains the visionary up until the last snippet of his