Great Gatsby Research Paper
Thesis- symbols
Symbolism in The Great Gatsby.
In The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerold. Symbolism is used to describe the action taking place in the story. It is also used to describe individual character’s emotions and true natures. Symbolism is used to describe a multiple things but doing it in a way that you have to think about it. In this book most things are symbolized to make it easier to describe them. Colours and some personal belongings were mainly used to describe a characters effect in the book. Things that were not said but described were symbolized. Finally, the separation of the classes was used to show how life in the time the story takes place.
According to Taylor, Douglas the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg will forever watch over the Valley of Ashes. This represents the eyes of God watching over the poorer part of New York City. The characters throughout the story point out the billboard and reference it when they speak of God watching over their actions and decisions they do. They look up to it for forgiveness when they feel as if they have done something wrong and that God would not approve off. They also look up to it when they pray for someone or something.
Another symbol includes the 2 Eggs, the East Egg and the West. “I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is the most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.” West Egg represents the new rich, or the people who earned it by working hard. It isn’t as fancily decorated as the other, the East Egg. “”Oh, I’ll stay in the East, don’t you worry.” He said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more.” East Egg represents the old rich, who had money passed down from generations to generation. These people were full of themselves and do not care for anyone else who are not like them. They do not view the new rich to be of equal status as them, even though they both have a lot of
Symbolism in The Great Gatsby.
In The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerold. Symbolism is used to describe the action taking place in the story. It is also used to describe individual character’s emotions and true natures. Symbolism is used to describe a multiple things but doing it in a way that you have to think about it. In this book most things are symbolized to make it easier to describe them. Colours and some personal belongings were mainly used to describe a characters effect in the book. Things that were not said but described were symbolized. Finally, the separation of the classes was used to show how life in the time the story takes place.
According to Taylor, Douglas the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg will forever watch over the Valley of Ashes. This represents the eyes of God watching over the poorer part of New York City. The characters throughout the story point out the billboard and reference it when they speak of God watching over their actions and decisions they do. They look up to it for forgiveness when they feel as if they have done something wrong and that God would not approve off. They also look up to it when they pray for someone or something.
Another symbol includes the 2 Eggs, the East Egg and the West. “I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is the most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.” West Egg represents the new rich, or the people who earned it by working hard. It isn’t as fancily decorated as the other, the East Egg. “”Oh, I’ll stay in the East, don’t you worry.” He said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more.” East Egg represents the old rich, who had money passed down from generations to generation. These people were full of themselves and do not care for anyone else who are not like them. They do not view the new rich to be of equal status as them, even though they both have a lot of