Analysis of Fitzgerald use of language and symbolism in Gatsby

The American Dream in Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
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Analysis of Fitzgerald use of language and symbolism in Gatsby
Gatsby is a story of how an individual can defy all odds and attains financial freedom by moving up successive social classes. In the novel, Gatsby is a wealthy citizen from West Egg, but his story shows how he was born in a low-income family. Even though Gatsby works with Dan Cody to acquire enormous wealth and achieve his dream, he still loses an integral part of the dream when he fails to win Daisy's love. The inability to win Daisy’s love undermines Gatsby’s success. That is why Fitzgerald's writing language uses irony in explaining how impossible it was for Gatsby to achieve his dream. The author claims that despite Gatsby changing his social status, he failed to realize his dream to date Daisy (Haziri, 2020). Gatsby gets greedy and acquires more wealth than he previously envisioned. In the process, he fails to realize true happiness and never wins Daisy’s love. Therefore, the paper believes that true happiness is non-materialistic and that greed causes more harm than good.
The prompt indicates how Gatsby is disappointed despite assuming “infinite” success. That is why Fitzgerald argues that most people misinterpret the realization of the American dream by associating it with materialistic gains. Like Gatsby, many people are consumed with gaining financial freedom to the extent that they lose contact with their loved ones. Fitzgerald presents the case wherein Gatsby liaised with Dan Cody to build an empire and flaunt his wealth (Haziri, 2020). However, in the end, Gatsby realizes that Daisy is uninterested in wealth. The disappointment makes Gatsby depressed, and that could be seen from the first passage. This clause from the passage "…Daisy tumbled short of his dream-not through her fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusions" (95-96). In the excerpt, Fitzgerald shows the reader how Gatsby focused more on building stronger relationships with materialistic gains like money and parties but failed to establish a genuine relationship with Daisy in the long run. Gatsby is regretting and even tries to console himself that it might be Daisy's fault for failing to appreciate his success, but what is true is that Daisy valued true happiness. Fitzgerald describes true happiness as being genuine; it is made of real friendship and is intimate. On the contrary, Nick even goes ahead to reveal that in one of Gatsby's parties, his esteemed guests could excuse themselves only ...