The Role Of Clothing In The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby lived his American dream and in the end found his heart flooded with the power of love and its remarkable betrayal. In time, the clothes we decide to wear, or the objects we put faith into are but beautiful masks covering broken creatures. The desires Gatsby longs for, force him to remember the past in the hope of strengthening the dimming light of Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s life gives way to circumstances that connect two separate ideas in ways least expected. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the morals of people are challenged through the use of flashbacks, symbolism, irony, syntax, and diction in order to depict the dissimilarities of the social classes. As an illustration of the period of the story, Fitzgerald contradicts…show more content…
Fitzgerald appeals to the disconsolate emotions of the audience by ensuring that through the use of symbolism, Gatsby’s rigid outer shell is partially shattered to reveal an unembellished man lingering beneath. Fitzgerald’s description of clothing throughout the novel directs the audience to interpret Gatsby’s wealth that he apparently wants others to take notice. Through the subtle detailed writing of Fiztergeradl, the author demonstrates Gatsby’s wealth, but his inner character appears to be tortured. “For this strikingly-handsome Gatsby, to be so noticeable anxious, is far from his well-put together ,” (Fitzgerald 84) The other important symbol throughout the novel is the implication of emotions through colors and lights. “I waited, and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the (Fitzgerald 147).” Fitzgerald’s description of Gatsby’s enormous need for Daisy’s love and her insensible rejection integrate a connection that the audience may be able to relate to. In Gatsby’s blind love, he incessantly praises the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock as the importance of keeping hope. When Daisy finally cuts off the light, she also severs Gatsby’s hope for his love’s return. The manipulation supports how crucial love is in Gatbsy’s life, showing that he has nothing without Daisy’s returned…show more content…
Fitzgerald habits Nick as a middle man in the reflection on Gatsby’s past and the people who have affected it. “It was James Gatz who had been loafing on the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an ,” (Fitzgerald 98) This reflection illustrates an element to Gatsby that the reader has not yet been introduced to. The importance of this one line is noteworthy. Gatsby,in his youth, protected another from the catastrophic events of a storm, when in his young adult life he denied the fact that a majority of his time was spent being abused by the stormy love of a woman. This expenditure into Gatsby’s past is an excellent usage of a flashback. Not only do these segments include the reader in the history, but also allow the symbolism of the real Gatsby to be understood. This attracts the reader and emphasizes raw emotion, as the audience can now see or feel for Gatsby, who was not always so lucky in life. More importantly than the short-lived story of Gatsby’s youth, is the flashback of the night he stole Daisy’s innocence. “Eventually he took Daisy one still October night, took her because he
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