Theme Of Diction In The Great Gatsby
In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in New York during the Roaring 20s, it consists of a man names Jay Gatsby and Daisy, his love. He was once with Daisy but now he wants to be with her again, repeating the past. Once they reunite, he seems unsatisfied with Daisy because of this huge dream and t seemed like Daisy could not fulfill it. Nick Carraway, Daisy’s cousin and also the narrator, was in a way, was Gatsby’s guardian. Fitzgerald uses, simile, diction, imagery and paradox to express the guardian-like behavior Nick shows towards Gatsby.
After the death of the Great Gatsby, Nick mentions that “He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail …show more content…
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (180). This green light that Gatsby saw, was the future that was him and Daisy. He wanted to believe that Daisy and him were the future. Fitzgerald uses diction by showcasing words like “believed” and “recedes” to put emphasis that Nick was someone who looked after him with those words.
Continuing onto Gatsby, Nick witnessed that his “house was still empty when I left – the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine” (179). This simile, is referring to when Gatsby started to fade away like Nick. He decided to come back because he wanted to check the home, which is like Nick looking over Gatsby. As Nick was seeing the shadow of Gatsby, he said, “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark field of the republic rolled on under the light” (180). He is talking about the dream, which was going back in the past amongst all the other terrible things he had done but for the good, that was his dream. This is a complete paradox because, “dark rolled under the light” is like dark and light which is a contradiction. This reflects Nick’s behavior, towards Gatsby as a guardian, watching him behind the
After the death of the Great Gatsby, Nick mentions that “He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail …show more content…
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (180). This green light that Gatsby saw, was the future that was him and Daisy. He wanted to believe that Daisy and him were the future. Fitzgerald uses diction by showcasing words like “believed” and “recedes” to put emphasis that Nick was someone who looked after him with those words.
Continuing onto Gatsby, Nick witnessed that his “house was still empty when I left – the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine” (179). This simile, is referring to when Gatsby started to fade away like Nick. He decided to come back because he wanted to check the home, which is like Nick looking over Gatsby. As Nick was seeing the shadow of Gatsby, he said, “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark field of the republic rolled on under the light” (180). He is talking about the dream, which was going back in the past amongst all the other terrible things he had done but for the good, that was his dream. This is a complete paradox because, “dark rolled under the light” is like dark and light which is a contradiction. This reflects Nick’s behavior, towards Gatsby as a guardian, watching him behind the