Transcript of Language in The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby and the language used today have general similarities however our language differs through the use of endearment, slang and education. Both eras have equal attributes of language but at the same time, the words used within the two, are very different. 'Gratulate me, she muttered. Abstract —The thesis tries to adopt the method used by Leech and Short in their book. A relatively overall and objective analysis of the novel's language from the. Complate adegan cerita harvest moon back to nature. Category of point of view, the author makes use of both limited first-person. The Great Gatsby can be best described as a narration of a series of events as.
Jamie TrustyUpdated July 21, 2017
Personification and hyperbole enhance themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.' Personification -- a type of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things -- and hyperbole -- an exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without being literally true -- go beyond mundane descriptions of objects and people to heighten their symbolic importance. Knowing how these concepts work is key to understanding this story about the shattering of the American dream. The All-Seeing EyesThe most famous instance of personification in the novel is an advertisement that overlooks ash-heaps: 'above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust .. you perceive .. the eyes of Doctor. T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes .. are blue and gigantic -- their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. .. But his eyes .. brood on over the solemn dumping ground.' The eyes are described as human eyes would be, exchanging looks with characters and witnessing scenes 'with peculiar intensity.' SignificanceThe fake eyes spy on the characters, reinforcing the idea that the characters create their identities to impress others. 'The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists' notes that 'the brooding eyes of Dr. Eckleburg .. suggest how dependent the sense of an outer world is on the way it is viewed by others.' Critic Sophie Bertrand notes that the decrepit state of the eyes also suggests the decay of the American dream, since the seemingly living eyes look out over a desolate waste. Hyperbole and GatsbyMany of the descriptions of characters contain hyperbole. For Nick Carraway, a character who is also the narrator in the novel, Jay Gatsby 'represented everything for which [he has] an unaffected scorn .. there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away,' Fitzgerald uses hyperbole to exaggerate how sensitive and self-conscious Gatsby appears to be, which leads Nick to suspect that Gatsby is not what he seems. Further examples reinforce the theme of reinvention: 'Jay Gatsby .. sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God .. he must be about His Father's Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.' Gatsby did not literally transform, but Carraway describes him in this way to bring attention to his struggle to change. Hyperbole and Daisy BuchannanDaisy Buchanan represents the unattainable woman as well as the failed American Dream. She is Gatsby's 'grail' that he fails to possess. Hyperbolic descriptions of her focus on her voice, which Carraway describes as 'bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again.' Gatsby simplifies this 'meaning' by exclaiming, 'Her voice is full of money,' which clarifies for Carraway the root of her appeal, which has just as much to do with social status as love. Both of these are instances of hyperbole because Daisy's voice is not literally connected to wealth or any special meaning, but these descriptions highlight Gatsby's adoration of her. Cite this ArticleChoose Citation Style
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Maria Magher
The American Dream is not all it's cracked up to be in 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby in his pursuit of his love, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby makes his fortune to try to win Daisy over, but he learns that the quests for both was hollow. The central conflict pits the classes against one another, and Fitzgerald uses the settings of the novel to highlight the differences between them. East EggThe majority of the action takes place between East Egg and West Egg, which are figurative representations of the Hamptons in Long Island. East Egg represents old money, or the storied aristocrats who are classy and sophisticated. Their tastes are luxurious but restrained. Daisy lives in East Egg with her husband, Tom. By putting her in another setting altogether from Gatsby, Fizgerald shows how even with his wealth, Gatsby cannot be equal to her. The green light at the end of her bay is used to represent the values of the society in which she lives, which are money and greed. West EggWest Egg is where Gatsby lives. It represents new money, which is flashy, garish, tacky and loud. Gatsby did not grow up with money like Daisy; he acquired it. Therefore, he does not quite know how to handle his money or how to operate in his elevated social sphere. Gatsby often looks out longingly over the bay toward Daisy's house. The water that separates them physically is symbolic of the social distance between them. Valley of AshesThe Valley of Ashes is where the poor and working class live. The location down from East and West Egg shows the people are symbolically lower in worth. The whole valley is gray and covered in dirt, grime and ashes, and the people are treated like the garbage of the upper class. Tom goes there to be with Myrtle, who he uses for his pleasure. Entering the Valley of Ashes, he must drive by the eyes of Eckleburg on the billboard, which represent judgement and his feelings of guilt. The eyes of Eckleburg are judging all of the upper class who pass through for having rejected the lower classes and treated them so poorly. New YorkNew York is the setting of two important scenes: Tom's visit to Myrtle at the apartment he provides for her, and the final showdown between Tom and Gatsby in the suite at the Plaza Hotel. Both scenes bring together disparate classes. At Myrtle's apartment, the working class and the elite come together, and at the Plaza Hotel, old and new money are brought together. Both scenes are quite tense, showing that the classes cannot overcome their differences. Cite this ArticleChoose Citation Style
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