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Jay Gatsby is a man determined to accomplish the so-called “American Dream” and will do anything he can to do so. He chases both wealth and Daisy, the girl of his dreams. Gatsby is under the impression that he can repeat the past to achieve his idealistic life: however, Gatsby is wrong. Gatsby and Daisy used to be madly in love, but five years passed, and their relationship is different, despite what Gatsby believes. In the novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the leitmotif of flowers to prove that one can never recreate the past; like a flower, people, relationships, and things are continuously growing and changing and can never return to the way they once were. Flowers lose their innocence and beauty as time goes on, and are used to disguise corruption with beauty. Orchids, a type of flower commonly used by Fitzgerald, are synonymous with strength, power, and virility. …show more content…
Gatsby’s career is illegal and corrupt, and the people who attend his parties are just using him, but Fitzgerald’s use of flowers are intended to lighten up the scene. Fitzgerald continues to use flowers to shed light on the career path Gatsby is involved in. Meyer Wolfscheim tells Nick about a man named Rosy Rosenthal. Despite the fact that physical flowers were not actually used, the name is intended to divert from the corrupt story Wolfscheim carries on about how Rosy was shot and killed because of the business the men are involved in.
Roses along with other flowers are used also used in both Nick’s cottage and Gatsby’s house. When Nick invites Daisy over for tea, “a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby’s” (Fitzgerald 90). Despite these beautiful flowers, Gatsby is the opposite of beautiful during this scene. He is shaky, nervous, and “pale as death” (Fitzgerald 92). Additionally, Daisy’s face is “smeared with tears” (Fitzgerald 95) just a few hours later. The flowers and their elegance hide the true essence of Gatsby and Daisy’s unfortunate
Jay Gatsby is a man determined to accomplish the so-called “American Dream” and will do anything he can to do so. He chases both wealth and Daisy, the girl of his dreams. Gatsby is under the impression that he can repeat the past to achieve his idealistic life: however, Gatsby is wrong. Gatsby and Daisy used to be madly in love, but five years passed, and their relationship is different, despite what Gatsby believes. In the novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the leitmotif of flowers to prove that one can never recreate the past; like a flower, people, relationships, and things are continuously growing and changing and can never return to the way they once were. Flowers lose their innocence and beauty as time goes on, and are used to disguise corruption with beauty. Orchids, a type of flower commonly used by Fitzgerald, are synonymous with strength, power, and virility. …show more content…
Gatsby’s career is illegal and corrupt, and the people who attend his parties are just using him, but Fitzgerald’s use of flowers are intended to lighten up the scene. Fitzgerald continues to use flowers to shed light on the career path Gatsby is involved in. Meyer Wolfscheim tells Nick about a man named Rosy Rosenthal. Despite the fact that physical flowers were not actually used, the name is intended to divert from the corrupt story Wolfscheim carries on about how Rosy was shot and killed because of the business the men are involved in.
Roses along with other flowers are used also used in both Nick’s cottage and Gatsby’s house. When Nick invites Daisy over for tea, “a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby’s” (Fitzgerald 90). Despite these beautiful flowers, Gatsby is the opposite of beautiful during this scene. He is shaky, nervous, and “pale as death” (Fitzgerald 92). Additionally, Daisy’s face is “smeared with tears” (Fitzgerald 95) just a few hours later. The flowers and their elegance hide the true essence of Gatsby and Daisy’s unfortunate