Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Essay

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the characters Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan to demonstrate that clinging to the past excessively can inhibit a person’s future experiences, which he portrays through their relationships and daily lives. Prior to the events of the book, Gatsby was romantically involved with Daisy during World War I. However, Daisy grew tired of waiting on Gatsby, and her love was bought by Thomas Buchanan instead. The Great Gatsby takes place roughly five years after…

Loneliness Is Inevitable “(and noone stooped to kiss his face)” (Cummings, 26). In Fitzgerald’s novel characters like Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and Myrtle Wilson all have aspects of their personal lives that make it seem as though they are lonely in life as a result of decisions they have made in the past. In Cummings poem there are different ways to interpret the underlying meaning between the words. For his characters, noone and anyone, readers could take them as literally noone and anyone…

Symbolism can be found in almost every type of literature. Authors use the technique to draw the reader to hidden themes and cause the reader to analyze while reading. F. Scott Fitzgerald is well known for incorporating multiple complex symbols to pave the way to his fundamental themes. Fitzgerald’s use of symbolism in The Great Gatsby alludes to the overall theme that the American Dream in the 1920’s was unattainable and corrupt throughout the novel. The symbol of the green light in The Great…

Setting and symbol greatly impact the audience’s response to a particular text. The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald during a period of hedonism and disillusionment—or otherwise known as the Roaring 20s. The novel follows the narration of Nick Carraway as he explores the world of upper-class Americans—mostly, a mysterious billionaire named Jay Gatsby. In the 1920’s, the “tempo of the city had changed” all across North America; the people were getting rich, the dresses were…

very different than present day. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald presents Fitzgerald's view of life during this time period using a fictional story with characters and events that symbolize things in the real world. Fitzgerald shows two different sides of his own personality through two different characters. Fitzgerald also demonstrates the aspects of life in the 1920s that he hated by creating characters with unfavorable qualities. In The Great Gatsby life during the 1920s is portrayed…

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism many times throughout the novel. The social and moral decay hidden in New York, home of the wealthy and “well-to-do-people” (Fitzgerald 6). During the narrators’ stay in West Egg, he takes the reader on a very thrilling ride. The narrator describes extravagant parties, American dreams, brutality, lies, affairs, murders, lust, jealousy, careless people, moral decay, the eyes, different colors and the Valley of Ashes. The Valley of…

In the novel, “The Great Gatsby”, author F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the protagonist Jay Gatsby in a strange and interesting way. Nick Carraway states that, “If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him,” The words “unbroken” and “success” tell the reader that Gatsby is something of perfection, or is at least this is the way he presents himself to be. Nick further compares Gatsby to the most pristine piece of technology of the 1920s,…

The novels The Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald, and The Old Man and The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, both include many allusions to Christianity within the depictions of the characters and settings. First, the usage of Christian allusion by both authors show an almost Christ like figure in both novels, and although the depictions of these characters have contrast in appearances there actions and philosophy compare to one another. Next, many objects or places inside both novels represent…

Symbolism and characterization are used as key tools in Baz Luhrmann's films, The Great Gatsby and Strictly Ballroom, to enhance the films' intention, plot line and character development. Luhrmann's evolution as a director is clearly illustrated through the increasingly advanced integration and execution of filmic elements when comparing these two films. In Strictly Ballroom Luhrmann uses costume and props to symbolise Fran's character and her role in the plot. Fran approaches Scott in the dance…

Baelyn Lindfors Mrs. Corliss 1st Hour CW 13 February 2017 Symbolism in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is unquestionably crowded with symbolism. He uses rudimentary, common materials to represent morals and objectives that can be applied to the patterned schedules of his readers. Such themes and motifs found in The Great Gatsby, for example, include flowers and the color yellow epitomizing wealth, also seen as a conflict throughout the story and a cause of much hysteria.…