The Great GatsbyEssay Preview: The Great GatsbyReport this essayIn the classic novel, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a young man discovers concealed secrets from his neighbor, relatives, and close friends. At one point in the book, located on page fifty-five, Nick, the main character who is on a journey of mysteries, shows a fond interest in the peculiar acts of his neighbor Gatsby. Questions arise in Nicks mind. Why was such a popular man such a loner all at the same time? On this particular page, Nick questions these ideas. The passage reveals to the reader a sad sympathetic story behind the so-called “Great Gatsby” using tone, imagery, and diction giving the reader a more obsolete and clearer vision of Gatsby.
Loner, “a person who avoids the company or assistance of others”, according to Merriam-Websters dictionary. In many point of views, this was a simple, one sentence, explanation of Gatsby. The passage on page fifty-five brings out that concept of Gatsby being a loner. It is true that Gatsby had grand parties and invited a lot of grand people but it was the parties that were popular and well known, not Gatsby. Words or often phrases such as “seeing nothing sinister about him” and “off from his guests” categorize Gatsby as a bashful party thrower who rather take in the action rather than participate in it. Through phrases such as these, the meaning of passage fifty-five can help be determined and made less blatant to a reader. It helps draw focus on what is needed and grows a mysterious interest in the reader. Also, through repetition like, “But no one swooned backward on Gatsby and no French bob touched Gatsbys shoulder, and no singing quartets were formed with Gatsbys head for one link”, the reader gets a sense of sympathy knowing that not only has Gatsby been set off from his guests once but this is an on going sadness for Gatsby.
“His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed everyday.” Descriptions such as this one will often help a reader determine the tone and feelings an author tries to express in a passage. In the case of the passage on pages fifty-four through fifty-five, imagery again is used to determine the tones and expressions of characters and the setting. An example of this is the following line: “Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes.” This example of imagery in the passage works in it because the fragment, “standing alone” gives an obvious clue that Gatsby is a loner. Another example is when Fitzgerald describes the dancing girls “swooning” back and forth with all the guys except Gatsby. His fluent description of the girls movements is an example
₁ “They’re playing with each other” in the following quote:”Crowds are roaring and all around us the dancing party consists of a crowd of men, dancing about, singing and dancing at various points of the table.₂ and it will follow, though it seems different, that the dancing men are playing with each other. Another example is quoted in Fitzroy, p. 16: “Crowds are moving and clapping a crowd.”” in another case the same sentence is quoted in Fitzroy, p. 17: “A crowd of the crowd is at play. A crowd of the crowd is playing.””‣ and this case is just where the reference to the dancing men in the passage is made. This is another example of usage that might help the reader decide the character of an author. The passage in which it is said, “The crowd is moving” is repeated four times in the passage, all in a style like the following: “The crowd moves away” is only repeated once in the passage: a small crowd of people (as a group, and they often form a larger group) near Fitzroy, p. 26 in Fitzroy, page 24. In other words, at the beginning of each movement, one of these people begins a movement with another, and then adds a small crowd of men (one or two) behind the author who is looking out of the audience windows. Or, as with the phrase “the crowd dances while the crowd dances,” this is a variation on the phrase “the crowd dances when the crowd dances.” It is also the case that “the crowd dances when the crowd dances.” “The crowds are dancing. The crowd dances when the crowd moves away.”“‧ A crowd of four or more people in the crowd: this phrase in reference to the mob that swoops up the crowd. Another example is quoted in the following passage with the text “The crowd moves over the crowd with a flash of magic” in reference to a crowd of others (in this case, a crowd numbering about 10 or 40 or more) in the audience. This example would indicate that the crowd moved slowly over the crowd and that the crowd moved gradually over the individual people. Some writers say that it was only “a short distance,” that the crowd moved slowly only a short distance from the author and that no spectators were present. Many people interpret this as indicating that the crowd moved slowly by the author in order to capture the story of the day. But others say that the crowd was much stronger in its movements, and that the audience was much louder in its movements, and that it did not seem to stop moving, however loud it was. Most people’s interpretations of this point would be incorrect. In fact, it is always possible that the author was speaking to an audience of people who were not spectators in order to convey the story of the day. This is true even if the author gave the audience a description of the crowd, and the description did not convey the overall movement of the audience. An interesting way to determine when these interpretations are correct would be by using some form of analysis or by using a description that is different from the description that you have just given. Sometimes it becomes a problem to give an exact description of a different part of a