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Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
- 1. Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Presented by Bhavna Sosa
- 2. ... M.A. Sem- 2 Paper no. : 106 Roll number : 02 Enrollment no. : 40692064202134 Email Id : [email protected] Submitted by : S. B. Gardi Department of English, MKBU
- 3. F.Scott Fitzgerald :- • F. Scott Fitzgerald was a short story writer and novelist. • Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in September 24, 1896, in St. Poaul ,Minnesota.. • Fitzgerald’s namesake was Francis Scott Key,who wrote the lyrics to the “Star- Spangled Banner. • The Great Gatsby is considered Fitzgerald’s finest work. • Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway a Midwesterer who moves into the town of West Egg On long Island.
- 4. How does Gatsby in this novel reflected Fitzgerald? • Fitzgerald depicts destructive love in this novel particularly in the Jazz Age • Jay Gatsby mirrors F. Scott Fitzgerald because both Gatsby and Fitzgerald were able to money after having difficult times. • Both were soldier in the army. Zelda ( Fitzgerald’s wife) and Daisy resemble each other in what they did. • Bothe men did their best to win the ladies they loved by impressing themof their wealth and success. • A slight difference between them is that Fitzgerald marries Zelda but Gatsby does not Mary Daisy.
- 5. Meaning of the Symbolism in The Great Gatsby: The Green Light :- • The green light in the novel symbolizes the hope and optimism for Gatsby to have Daisy and reunite with her . • He looks at the light, he feels confident and hopeful that his dream will be fulfilled. • In the first chapter Gatsby describes this light and says : “Involuntarily I glanced deawardand distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock.”
- 6. Continue... • The green light is noticed again in the last chapter of the novel, but here it indicates the disillusionment of the American Dream. “ Gatsby believed in the green light the orgastic future that year by recedes before us . It eluded us then.” • Gatsby at the beginning of the novel has hopes and wills to be wealthy and successful but at the end he fails to achieve his hope and desires. • It also seems that the green light at the beginning of the novel foreshadows the tragic end in the last chapter.
- 7. Valley of Ashes :
- 8. Continue... • The Ashes are made by industry tha helps other to be rich. This it shows the impossibility of the American Dream. “ Where a ashes take the forms of houses and chineys and risin smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey man who move dimly and already crumbling through the power air.” • Myrtle hopes to escape after being imprisoned in it .
- 9. The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg :-
- 10. Continue... • The eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg can be interpreted in different ways. They can be seen as God’s eyes judging and looking at people who have lost their morality. They look down upon humanity and the human condition. • Nick Carraway describes the Billboard as a huge pair of blue eyes. He says in chapter two: “ The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg are blue a nd gigantic their retinas are one yard high.”
- 11. Continue... • The first time we encounter these eyes is in chapter two: They look out of no face , but instead,from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. • The second time we encounter these eyes is in chapter seven when Tom, Nick and Jordan stop at George Wilson’s garage “ Over the ashhraps the giant eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil, but I perceived, after a moment,that other eyes were regarding us less than twenty feet away.”
- 12. Continue... • “ Standing behind him Michaels saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg which just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.” • In an implicit way, George Wilson explain that these are the eyes of God referring to his wife’s infidelity. • He says, “ God knows what you have been doing everything you have been doing.you may fool me, but you can’t fool God.”
- 13. Conclusion : The novel succeeds to combine imagination and vitality in an analysis of the American culture via using important symbols.
- 14. Work citation: Ismael, Atika Mohammad Hasan. Symbolism in the Great Gatsby, vol. 45, 2018, pp. 42–45. Reference :- https://www.biography.com