Techniques Used in the Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Britain Penguin, 1926. 1. head of view the view or perspective of how the story is narrated (i. e source person) Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction Gatsby, who founded everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. (pg. 8) This novel is narrated from a first person blossom of view. Nick Carraway is both a narrator and a character instrumentalist in the story.Seen that this novel is mostly ab protrude Jay Gatsby and how what happens to his life is narrated to represent frequent themes, in that respect could be no other narrator than the character who is Gatsbys neighbor, and someone who declargons to be free of any preconceptions or judgments call adapted to an of import lesson his father taught him. Nick Carraway seems to be a narrator exempt from persuade due to this aspect of his profile, and he leaves feeble-colored what are his particular proposition opinions or observations. 2. Tone through with(predicate) aside the connotation and denotation of haggling, it is what gives a mood or attitude to the story No Gatsby turned out all honest at the end it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake up of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and blown elations of men. (pg. 8) The narrator keeps his tone always dry and realistic. This helps the readers empathise that even though this seems like a romantic story due to Gatsbys savourless love for Daisy and his pursuit for his dream, it is completely sucked in by reality from commencement ceremony to end. When the narrator talks close to love or dream he does not idealize them by using words with positive connotation.He is distinctly and concise about the carnal spotledgeship between those who love and how they love. In the deterrent example above for example, the narrator clings on to disillusionment and even pessimism as he foreshadows Gatsb ys fate. 3. Imagery the creation of a mental picture through detailed description It eluded us then, but thats no enumerate tomorrow we will run high-speed, stretch out our arms farther And one fine morning So we beat on, gravy boats against the current, borne back unceasingly into the past. (pg. 188) In this passage the author is able to create two clear mental pictures to convey his message.One is of men stretching further and running faster though we can picture that his true intention is to suggest that gentleman is trying to grasp what seems far from their reach, like Gatsby trying to grasp his American Dream throughout five yrs of his life. The second imagery is of the boat tiredly pushing against the strong current, and with that any reader can understand that individuals have to strive against the repressive society in ramble to stay what they truly want. 4. Symbol using one tenuouser idea to represent a larger one Gatsby believed in the green light, the org astic future that year by year recedes before us. (pg. 188) The colors in this novel are used to represent greater ideas or they give circumstantial significances to characters profiles or the environment in each scene. In this last moment, the green light Gatsby believes in is his dream. The color green itself is a representation of hope or faith. Also, in a specific part of the novel, the light emitting from Daisys folk has a greenish hue, corroborating the fact that this is what he has longed so much for. 5. banter when there is an outcome of events that is opposite to what was expected initially The minister glanced some(prenominal) times at his watch, so I took him aside and asked him to wait for one-half an hour. But it wasnt any use. Nobody came. (pg. 181) This quote is in relation to Gatsbys funeral. This can be considered an irony since at the beginning the smell that Nick had about Gatsby was that he had many friends and was extremely popular due to all the partie s he threw at his house. Yet, when he dies and has no longer anything to endure to society, he is alone and none of the plenty of people who came to his parties even cares or remembers him then. 6.Mispronunciation when words or full sentences are written exactly as they sound to emphasize the tone and profile of the character Oh, my Ga-od Oh, my Ga-od Oh, my Ga-od Oh, my Ga-od () What you want, fella? What happened? thats what I want to know. Auto hit her. Insantly killed. Instantly killed, repeated tomcat, staring. She ran out ina road. Son-of-a-bitch didnt even stopus car. (pg. 145-146) Being a realistic novel, Fitzgerald compromises to every small detail of reality. In this example, readers can easily see the difference in accent and pronunciation of the three people having a dialogue.The incumbent, being from a lower social class, and therefore imaginably less educated, skips sounds when he says certain words such as insantly quite of instantly, fella instead of fell ow and stopus instead of stopped. With these mispronunciations Fitzgerald enables a brief and careless speech. Wilsons quote (Oh, my Ga-od ) also tells a lot about the character and justifies the murder by the end of the book. He is also part of the rough, low class, uneducated, and in this case angry and desperate.The officer and Wilson stand as contrast to Tom who presents a complete and melted speech that proves that his wealth bought him education. 7. Repetition to use the same word, phrase or sentence repeatedly for emphasis or another purpose In his blue gardens () I watched his guests () or taking the sun on the bitter sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters () On weekends his Rolls-Royce () while his station wagon scampered like a brisk color bug to meet all trains. (pg. 45) In this passage readers are able to clearly notice the repetition of the possessive pronoun his.Fitzgerald chooses to do this in this specific part because the narrator is descr ibing one of the parties at Gatsbys house. By restate that everything is his, or belongs to him, the narrator emphasizes Gatsbys abundant wealth. Fitzgerald is creating the image of a full-bodied and ostentatious man. 8. Flashback the narrative of an event outside the present timeline in order to provide background information to the events James Gatz that was really, or at to the lowest degree legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen () (pg. 104) Throughout the novel there are many stories being told about what Jay Gatsbys past was like, and what do him become who he is now. Gatsby himself tells Nick in the present timeline of the story, a specific version of how he was educated and how he became wealthy. It is finally due to this flashback that the readers visit the accurate story about Gatsbys life, including how he earned his money. 9. Charactonym when a characters name has some significance to his profile in the novel Ive heard it said that Daisys mu rmur was unaccompanied to make people lean toward her an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming. (pg. 15) The character Daisy Buchanan can be compared to the actual flower daisy. conscionable like the most common daisy, the one that is yellow on the indoors and washcloth on the outside, the character appears to be something that she is not. She uses excessive amount of white powder to prove her purity and innocence, but inside she is sardonic and superficial. bid a flower, she is delicate, charming and beautiful, but throughout the novel she proves to be elicit in wealth and luxury, and underestimates Gatsbys true love. 10.Dramatic irony when the readers know something about the plot that one or more characters might not know Was Daisy movement? Yes, he said after a moment, but of pattern Ill say I was. (pg. 150) In this passage the readers find out that even though it was Gatsbys car being driven, it was actually Daisy who was driving it and who was guilty of killing Myrtle Wilson. If Mr. Wilson had known about this the ending would be different since he would not have killed Gatsby. Daisys shallow genius kept her from assuming the blame, and instead she just moved away with Tom to escape from the guilt.