The Great Gatsby :: English Literature

The Great GatsbyLook closely at the details presented, the snatches of dialogue, and break aways comments, in order to explain how Fitzgerald renders thisepisode in some(prenominal) positive and negative ways.The two-page extract from the Great Gatsby has various themes, motivesand symbolism runway at its roots. This essay will attempt atdeciphering these symbols and clearly expressing their unbent meaning,as well as the course they help to create in Fitzgerald rendering thisepisode in both positive and negative ways. Gatsbys house is compargond several times to that of a feudal lord, andhis imported clothes, antiques, and luxuries only display nostalgia forthe lifestyle of a British aristocrat. Though notch and Daisy areamazed and dazzled by Gatsbys splendid possessions, a tot ofthings in Nicks narrative suggest that something is non in good order aboutthis transplantation of an aristocrats lifestyle into a egalitarianAmerica.Nick creates, with and through visual imagery a n imaginary representation ofGatsbys house in his readers. He expresses the beauty embedded in thegardens, the glitter odour of jonquils and the frothy odour ofhawton (88) the various eras and architectural designs, MarieAntoinette music-rooms and Restoration Salons (88) and last thedifferent themes captured by these rooms, through period bedroomsswathed in rose and chromatic (88). The point it seems Nick tries toconvey is the ridiculousness found within the very(prenominal) structure ofGatsbys house. Gatsbys limited upbringing clearly represents his softness to string things together, which would make his house classyand reserved. Instead Gatsby combines things of different eras,expressing not his incapability of decorating but rather an attempt inreflecting his wealth through a brash and gaudy structure.Furthermore it is fairly important to deliberate that out of all therooms, magnificently decorated and filled with materialism, Gatsbysroom, the integrity in which the most t ime was to be spent, was the leastpolluted by materialism. His bedroom was the simplest room of all.(88) There also seems to be a sense of not belonging for Gatsby by theintroduction of Mr. Klipspringer, suggesting that everything thatGatsby has created serves only hotshot purpose Daisy. It is fundamentalthat Mr. Klipspringers presence, as well as Nicks expectations ofhidden guests, I felt that there were guests concealed tail assembly everycouch and table (88), suggests that the very nature of his home, hisvery geological formation is to house extravagant and careless parties, inwhich the magnitude of his status and wealth may be exaggerated, inthe belief that Daisy may eventually crystalise his new status andfulfill his lifelong endeavor. Thus far Fitzgerald, through Nick, the only man to pertain to anymorals, has created the idea of an unbalanced environment.