How Does F Scott Fitzgerald Use Language In The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald's short novel, "The Great Gatsby," highlights his gift of saying much with very little. The simplicity of language is "not only reputable, but perhaps even sacred." (Vonnegut) Fitzgerald keeps his language clear and straightforward, for example, "Then he kissed her." (Fitzgerald 111) His brilliant use of words allows readers to easily comprehend the events of the story and reflect on the deeper meanings of his words. Fitzgerald always says what he means to say. He obviously pities the readers, a good thought, considering that they "have to identify thousands of little marks on paper, and make sense of them immediately." (Vonnegut) His use of sentences like, “Daisy and Gatsby danced.” (Fitzgerald 105) present points in
such an interesting way that readers take more time to pick apart these sentences than they would have for a much more complicated ones. Simplicity is different from dullness, and Fitzgerald's writing is never dull, only simple at times. Fitzgerald's eloquent way with words