Fitzgerald paints a picture of what Gatsby’s house is like and gives us the inclination that he is a very wealthy man which is what we discover to be Gatsby’s goal in this presentation of his identity. Gatsby only bought the house to impress his neighbors. Based on Nick’s description of the house we can assume that it was chosen by someone who lacked the skills of refinement and good taste because he bought it after acquiring wealth in one generation only. We can see this depicted in Fitzgerald’s word choice “raw” or unrefined to describe parts of it. A metaphor is incorporated in Fitzgerald’s choices in description because the ancestors of the house known as the Normans were conquerors. This acts as a metaphor for Gatsby’s reason in buying
