The Big Green Egg

love with her and in the poem the speaker anyone changed because noone showed him love . In the novel, Fitzgerald uses symbolism to represent a deeper meaning. Some examples of symbolism Fitzgerald uses are the green light, Gatsby’s parties, and East and West Egg. For instance, the green light that appears at the end of Tom 's dock in chapter two symbolizes the longing Gatsby has for Daisy. In chapter five on, Nick reveals…

rushed to the mirror on morning sea legs, clutching the mirror's edge so tightly, I was sure it would break. I stared blankly at my blurry reflection. My shirt, it... was green. I persisted to the window and yanked open the curtain. For as far as I could see (which wasn't very far), the view from my bedroom window was... green Suddenly, I was rushing to the bathroom and I spilled everything I had eaten in the past three days. I remained hovering over the toilet, breathing heavily, squeezing my…

social status. It is evident to the lower class that the American Dream is unattainable because the upper class will always take away opportunities from the lower class to climb the social ladder. Furthermore, Fitzgerald also employs the symbol of the green light and parties to depict the deception of the American Dream because it is only wishful thinking that they can enjoy the equal standing as the elite class. Ultimately, Fitzgerald emphasizes the destructive role played by social…

words anyone and no one as the name of a man and a woman who fall deeply in love. This is important because this choice of diction changes the whole theme of the story. One other diction choice was using the seasons instead of time which is also very big with the theme because it shows how long there love is going to…

through two varying perspectives, one from whom the story was written about and the other not a main character. Double vision is also repetitively used to emphasise the dramatic tension going on being the two differing objects or ideas. The West Egg and East Egg are one example of Fitzgerald’s double vision. Adding to the book as a whole, the narratives and double vision aid the reader feel as if they are experiencing it. Nick Carraway is the narrator, he is partially involved in the book but…

The first Fitzgerald uses symbolism with the color green is when we are introduced to Gatsby and the green light, “Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock” (Fitzgerald 21). The green light symbolizes Gatsby’s hopes and dreams of one day reuniting with his old love Daisy Buchanan. Nick first sees Gatsby reaching out to the green light late at night. When Nick sees him Gatsby is reaching…

named Francis Scott Fitzgerald sits over a desk pondering the events that he just barely avoided. This is the birthplace of a quite influential lovechild, The Great Gatsby. A book filled with the embodiment of the times, anxiety and worry dotting a big illuminated banner. The American dream-- quite the ambitious idea to tackle-- is something present in all, despite the label of ‘American’.The idea of just wanting something so bad, even obsessively so, is something Fitzgerald heavily criticizes.…

eyes are crucial to the story because these all-seeing eyes add onto the theme of the impossible American dream; it shows us no matter how hard we try, no matter how we push back against the current, we cannot achieve that dream, we cannot reach our “green…

The Great Gatsby During the 1920’s the American dream would include money, women, living beautifully, alcohol, and sex. If anyone wanted something big, they weren’t going to let anything get in their way of getting what they wanted. Gatsby was an example of wanting something so bad and doing everything in his power to get Daisy Buchanan to his house, by throwing extravagant parties purposely for her, but she never shows. Nick Caraway also wants to live the American dream by getting into the…

Technology, it overruns our daily lives constantly. Teenagers are always spending time on their phones and laptops every day, yet the arts are being lost as fast as technology is developing. Furthermore, the art of literature is being lost. We see people on their phones texting and tweeting to express themselves, but what happened to sitting down and getting lost in a book? How about journaling to let loose and express yourself? That is what literature is. It’s being able to be yourself in a way…