How Does Fitzgerald Use Language In The Great Gatsby

You will find a good deal of large and archaic words are in the novel. As a modern reader I either needed a dictionary to understand or to research synonyms for the words. However, this didn’t seem like a problem during the time period (1920) since it sold well and pushed Fitzgerald into the public eye. In comparison to the way we make use of the English language at the present we don’t tend to use complex words. Let’s analyze how Fitzgerald employ the English language. We’ll start with the following as an illustration, "I'm tres old and tres bored, Tom," said Amory one day, stretching himself at ease in the comfortable window-seat. He always felt most natural in a recumbent position. "You used to be entertaining before you started to write,"