By using diction, Fitzgerald has structured Gatsby’s storyline as alluring and mysterious. For example, in the second sentence Fitzgerald writes: “It seemed to me that the thing for Daisy to do was to rush out of the house, child in arms⎯but apparently there were no …show more content…
Fitzgerald’s style sets himself apart from other writers because of his peculiar use of such devices as personification. In the sentence: “Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.” Fitzgerald has brought a human characteristic rather than an inanimate object. It is such tactics as these that sets one writer apart from another; Fitzgerald has used classic tools of language and repurposed them to write an considerably famous and awestiking novel about an equally striking man. Additionally, Fitzgerald also uses the classic form of personification when he writes: “The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life” (20). Rather than writing that the night had sounds of nature and it may have been light outside, Fitzgerald describes the night as “loud” and “bright” giving the reader the sensation that one would truly have during a hot summer night where the wildlife is constantly alive and thriving, just as Fitzgerald’s descriptions tell the reader. Finally, in the last sentence of the passage the author closes the scene with: “When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet …show more content…
Scott Fitzegerald is an impressively skilled writer whose style differs from that of other writers in that, within The Great Gatsby, his use of many literary devices has made the story unique to his writing. The style of The Great Gatsby is a desirable trait to behold for any literary work. The novel is engrossing and saturated with superior tact that the reader cannot tear their eyes from. To read The Great Gatsby is to envision in one’s mind a movie that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. By these standards, Fitzgerald’s style is the desire of many envious