Now instead of a book review, here I am three years later writing a textual argument and I came to the conclusion that Fitzgerald uses symbols throughout The Great Gatsby to subtly reveal more about the overarching themes and concepts of the book.ĭeeper into the book, I found myself analyzing each character, making inferences about the secrets that they’re keeping from the reader or other characters. Round two with The Great Gatsby, cleared up my visibility of the plot, themes, and literary devices that Fitzgerald used which sounds like modern Shakespeare. Four years later, it was listed on my English III syllabus and forced me to dust off my copy with the greatest amount of nostalgia.įrom the moment I read the first chapter, I realized that the reason I wasn’t able to make insightful comments about the book 4 years ago, was because I was blind to the connection between characters and struggled to pinpoint the protagonist of the book.
#Symbols in the great gatsby seasons movie#
Even the movie to me just seemed like a love triangle in a soap opera. I decided to watch the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby to gain a better understanding, but more importantly, write my book review. My seventh-grade self’s interpretation of the plot was relatively shallow compared to the dense ideas that I now notice as a junior in high school glamorous people in the roaring 20’s reuniting with their past loves that ultimately forms a love triangle and ends in a tragic death. After reading fifty pages of metaphors, foreign writing style, and toxic relationships, I was unable to write a book review that required ‘the author’s message’ and ‘literary devices’ that coincided with the book. Perhaps in this quote the readers can understand that Gatsby is a thoughtful person who is omniscient.As a seventh grader going into eighth grade, looking down the summer reading list, I chose the book with the least amount of pages and it happened to be The Great Gatsby It seemed like a good idea at the time. He has built a great but mysterious career, and as a result, earned a lot of money that allows him to throw parties every Saturday for everyone except for himself. This quote characterises Gatsby very simply Gatsby has an aura of being a very self-assured, confident rich man who is very sure of himself. To Nick, it seems like he favours Gatsby very much, almost as a benevolent presence with simply one smile. This quote is interesting, because Gatsby seems to be longing for something, like the green light that he was reaching for in the end of Chapter 2, but in this quote, it represents Gatsby as a docile, peaceful man. There never really is a clear representation of Gatsby, as his character throughout this book is a mysterious presence. The symbolism is never really clearly shown, and towards the end of the novel, disillusioned Wilson compares the advertisement to a god watching everything, so we can assume that Doctor T.J Eckleburg is indeed illustrated as …show more content… Gatsby is mostly a very shrouded character in this book, as Nick is always imagining, speculating and talking about Gatsby. It is not clear if Fitzgerald illustrated Eckleburg to be a symbol of god, as the advertisement is personalised, and it seems as if it looks over everything in distaste. It is surprising that Daisy wishes her baby daughter to be a fool, as most parents …show more content… At first, the readers are not sure what or who Doctor T.J Eckleburg is, but it becomes clearer as the novel progresses. This particular quote is quite important, as it talks about the moment Daisy knew the gender of her baby. While Nick portrays Daisy a lovely, slightly airheaded girl, the readers are able to see another aspect of Daisy’s slightly more mature, cynical perspective here, when she confesses to Nick in a more private setting. It is clear that she is not in a loving relationship, as Tom, her husband, is cheating on her with another married woman in broad daylight. ‘I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’ Daisy Buchanan, the narrator’s cousin, is a beautiful woman married to an affluent and powerful man.
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