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- The book uses two types of imagery—sound and sight—to describe the moment when Nick first sees his next-door neighbor, Jay Gatsby, from across the lawn: The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life.
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The book uses auditory and visual imagery to describe the first party that Nick attends at Gatsby’s mansion: The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher.
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Mar 14, 2024 · From the glittering parties at Gatsby's mansion to the haunting eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, Fitzgerald's use of visual, auditory, and sensory imagery creates a world that is both alluring and deceptive.
Situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal.
Symbolism, imagery, and allegory are literary devices, but they get their own page because they're the workhorses of literary meaning. So saddle up and get ready to see the main tourist attractions of The Great Gatsby.
See key examples and analysis of the literary devices F. Scott Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby, along with the quotes, themes, symbols, and characters related to each device. Sort by: Devices A-Z. Chapter. Filter: All Literary Devices. Alliteration 4 key examples. Allusions 22 key examples. Dramatic Irony 1 key example.
Nov 21, 2023 · Imagery helps readers not only picture events in the novel, but even hear, smell, feel, and taste them. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses imagery throughout The Great Gatsby to paint a vivid picture...
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In chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, visual imagery includes the contrast between East and West Egg, with East Egg "glittering across water," and the luxurious description of Tom...
