The Great Gatsby :: English Literature

The Great GatsbyLook closely at the details presented, the snatches of dialogue, and passs comments, in order to explain how Fitzgerald renders this occurrence in both positive and negative ways.The two-page extract from the Great Gatsby has various themes, motivesand symbolism running at its roots. This essay will attempt atdeciphering these symbols and clearly expressing their true meaning,as well as the course they help to create in Fitzgerald rendering thisepisode in both positive and negative ways. Gatsbys house is compared several times to that of a feudal lord, andhis imported clothes, antiques, and luxuries in either display nostalgia forthe lifestyle of a British aristocrat. Though Nick and Daisy areamazed and dazzled by Gatsbys splendid possessions, a number ofthings in Nicks autobiography suggest that something is not right aboutthis transplantation of an aristocrats lifestyle into a democraticAmerica.Nick creates, through visual imagery an complex quantity representati on ofGatsbys house in his readers. He expresses the beauty embedded in thegardens, the sparkling odour of jonquils and the frothy odour ofhawton (88) the various eras and architectural designs, MarieAntoinette music-rooms and indemnity Salons (88) and lastly thedifferent themes captured by these rooms, through period bedroomsswathed in rose and lavender (88). The point it seems Nick tries toconvey is the ridiculousness found within the really structure ofGatsbys house. Gatsbys limited upbringing clearly represents hisinability to string things together, which would make his house classyand reserved. Instead Gatsby combines things of different eras,expressing not his incapableness of decorating but rather an attempt inreflecting his wealth through a brash and gaudy structure.Furthermore it is fairly important to consider that out of all therooms, magnificently decorated and filled with materialism, Gatsbysroom, the one in which the most time was to be spent, was the leastpolluted b y materialism. His bedroom was the simplest room of all.(88) There also seems to be a sense of not belonging for Gatsby by theintroduction of Mr. Klipspringer, suggesting that everything thatGatsby has created serves only one purpose Daisy. It is fundamentalthat Mr. Klipspringers presence, as well as Nicks expectations ofhidden guests, I felt that there were guests concealed behind everycouch and table (88), suggests that the very temper of his home, hisvery establishment is to house extravagant and careless parties, inwhich the magnitude of his status and wealth may be exaggerated, inthe belief that Daisy may last realize his new status andfulfill his lifelong endeavor. Thus far Fitzgerald, through Nick, the only man to pertain to anymorals, has created the idea of an unbalanced environment.