The Cycle Of Life In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
During the “Jazz Age” there was a bustle of fun and adventure. Throughout literary works the devolution of characters was becoming more pronounced. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the symbol of a closing, yet exuberant wheel of life describes the life of Gatsby from the start, the middle, and the dreadful end.
In the beginning, the mystery of Gatsby shows the cycle of his miserable life. The author noted, “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction -” (2). The narrator, Nick Carraway, creates the suspense and strain and scandal about Gatsby’s superbly awful life. Which resembles the reader’s anticipation to the author has in store, like the riders climbing into the wheel of life with unrelenting excitement. Then, the author remarked that “I’m scared of him. I’d hate him get anything on me.” (32). The ambiguity of the life Gatsby lived was so mysterious bystanders was scared to death of him. It was like when the passengers steadily get higher on the wheel of life, but the cycle of Gatsby’s life was already in motion and could not be stopped. I the beginning, the mysterious cycle of Gatsby correlates to a ride of the erie ferris …show more content…
The author writes, “I’ll tell you God’s truth.’ His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by” (65). While Gatsby recounts the truthful lies of his life, bystanders were becoming intrigued by the stories of his life- like the anticipation at the top of the ferris wheel, with the climax looming. The author then notes that “He hadn’t ceased looking at Daisy,” (91). At the peak of the wheel of life, the riders see all of the sights to the broad world, they never want to go down. It is when the readers finally understand the motives of Gatsby- the love of his life, Daisy. At this point, the readers has an understanding about the motivations of
In the beginning, the mystery of Gatsby shows the cycle of his miserable life. The author noted, “Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction -” (2). The narrator, Nick Carraway, creates the suspense and strain and scandal about Gatsby’s superbly awful life. Which resembles the reader’s anticipation to the author has in store, like the riders climbing into the wheel of life with unrelenting excitement. Then, the author remarked that “I’m scared of him. I’d hate him get anything on me.” (32). The ambiguity of the life Gatsby lived was so mysterious bystanders was scared to death of him. It was like when the passengers steadily get higher on the wheel of life, but the cycle of Gatsby’s life was already in motion and could not be stopped. I the beginning, the mysterious cycle of Gatsby correlates to a ride of the erie ferris …show more content…
The author writes, “I’ll tell you God’s truth.’ His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by” (65). While Gatsby recounts the truthful lies of his life, bystanders were becoming intrigued by the stories of his life- like the anticipation at the top of the ferris wheel, with the climax looming. The author then notes that “He hadn’t ceased looking at Daisy,” (91). At the peak of the wheel of life, the riders see all of the sights to the broad world, they never want to go down. It is when the readers finally understand the motives of Gatsby- the love of his life, Daisy. At this point, the readers has an understanding about the motivations of