Great Gatsby Weather Symbolism
Bryan Cubillos
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Weather
Does weather affect the mood of situations? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are moments where the weather sets a mood or follows the emotion of the novel. Many people Change their mood in certain weather conditions and in this novel the weather is symbolic for emotion or mood in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the weather to help set the mood of several situation or emotion throughout the novel. Weather is symbolic in this novel as seen by the wind, the beginning of autumn and the sunny hot days.
Heat symbolizes rising conflict in this novel. In the novel the heat rises tension between characters. When it is hot issues rise “The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer.” (p.120) on this day Gatsby is confronted by Tom. Tom raises the tension by confronting him about him going to oxford. Tom says it in front of Gatsby love and she then is attracted to Tom once again. The heat could represent the intensity of a situation because sense it was extremely warm the issue began to rise.
Fall matches the mood of Jay Gatsby’s death. In the beginning of the novel it begins with summer, but towards the end of the novel, it becomes fall. Gatsby didn’t die in the spring, a sign of new life, he died in the season where leafs of trees begin to fall. “The touch of a cluster of leaves revolved slowly, tracing, like the leg of a compass, a thin red circle in the water.” (p.170) fall is when dead leaves fall of trees which show a sign of an end. Here Gatsby dies in autumn showing that he has reached his end and the death is matched along with the weather and season. Fall sets the emotion and tone of his death which is seen through the fallen leaves in the “red circle” in the pool. The Rain in this novel symbolizes nervousness. Rain could mean symbolize many things and most people think that it is a sign sadness or disappointment. Here the rain appears when a person is
Per. 2
Weather
Does weather affect the mood of situations? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are moments where the weather sets a mood or follows the emotion of the novel. Many people Change their mood in certain weather conditions and in this novel the weather is symbolic for emotion or mood in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the weather to help set the mood of several situation or emotion throughout the novel. Weather is symbolic in this novel as seen by the wind, the beginning of autumn and the sunny hot days.
Heat symbolizes rising conflict in this novel. In the novel the heat rises tension between characters. When it is hot issues rise “The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer.” (p.120) on this day Gatsby is confronted by Tom. Tom raises the tension by confronting him about him going to oxford. Tom says it in front of Gatsby love and she then is attracted to Tom once again. The heat could represent the intensity of a situation because sense it was extremely warm the issue began to rise.
Fall matches the mood of Jay Gatsby’s death. In the beginning of the novel it begins with summer, but towards the end of the novel, it becomes fall. Gatsby didn’t die in the spring, a sign of new life, he died in the season where leafs of trees begin to fall. “The touch of a cluster of leaves revolved slowly, tracing, like the leg of a compass, a thin red circle in the water.” (p.170) fall is when dead leaves fall of trees which show a sign of an end. Here Gatsby dies in autumn showing that he has reached his end and the death is matched along with the weather and season. Fall sets the emotion and tone of his death which is seen through the fallen leaves in the “red circle” in the pool. The Rain in this novel symbolizes nervousness. Rain could mean symbolize many things and most people think that it is a sign sadness or disappointment. Here the rain appears when a person is