Why Is Dwm Important In The Great Gatsby

While school systems have been trying to expand their curriculum to recognize authors that contributed to American literature outside of the “dead white men” demographic, otherwise labeled as “DWM” authors, I believe it is still important to acknowledge these men regardless of their mainstream status because many of them were incredibly important to this developmental era of writing, spot in social hierarchy aside, and created many famous works that we still read today as well as paved the way for many authors to succeed. I have decided to analyze the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald for this assignment because while I’ve only read two of his stories, The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I greatly admire his writing and prose. …show more content…
His writing has always contained controversial topics, especially in his time, such as mental illness, infidelity, and substance abuse. He was very intent on portraying things as they truly were, but found a way to tie the harsh truth of reality into such glamorous characters that we wouldn’t imagine bad things could happen to. For example, when I read The Great Gatsby, I figured that Jay and Daisy would end up together because they obviously loved one another. I didn’t think it possible for Daisy to end up staying with Tom and fleeing the city with him. While plenty of writers would write about their beliefs by using symbolism, I’ve always believed Fitzgerald utilized symbolism and implemented hidden meanings in extremely refreshing ways that are incomparable to others, Two of my most favorite uses of symbolism come from The Great Gatsby, those being the green light on a dock in the distance and the billboard of eyes overlooking the city. The green light was symbolic of his dream, which was unattainable and eventually faded, while the eyes were symbolic of God staring down on American society and judging their skewed