Symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its significance in modern society

Symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its significance in modern society
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “The Great Gatsby,” has used symbolism depicting the city where the story is set. Further, the author has also used symbolism in representing individuals characters and Gatsby’s problems, among others. The purpose of the research is to evaluate and analyze the use of symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” and examines how it may impact contemporary society.
Ameel, L. (2019). The ‘valley of ashes’ and the ‘fresh green breast’: metaphors from The Great Gatsby in planning New York. Planning Perspectives, 34(5), 903-910.
The author points out how metaphors and rhetorical tropes are used in planning cities. Additionally, this article also examines and evaluates the metaphors used in the planning of New York City. The author has considered how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “The Great Gatsby,” separated the city and the suburban areas. This is demonstrated by the wastes produced through modernization. Additionally, this novel also has helped in highlighting the need for a proper landscape in the phase of modernization. The author has compared Fitzgerald’s with New York. According to Ameel, the setting of “The Great Gatsby” can be placed in the actual New York near long Island to Manhattan as well as to the north of Queens near Flushing Creek. The article also assesses and examines the symbolism of the “valley of ashes” was used in the planning of New York City. This article will be critical in examining how Fitzgerald used symbolism in planning the setting of “The Great Gatsby” and will also be essential in highlighting how this may be ideal to contemporary society.
Budac, A. (2020). East Egg Revisited: J. R. Moehringer’s the Tender Bar, or the Personal Memoir as Fiction. British and American Studies, 26, 59-66.
This article explains that a memoir is used in communicating one’s life story. The author explains how memoirs would be used in retrieving past memories and that the memoirist should be focused on promoting the truth regardless of how much effort is used rethinking the form of confession. This article highlights that there is a need to ensure that authors separate themselves and the state of things they articulate in work. This article also evaluates the villages created in Fitzgerald’s narrative. For example, the fictional villages, East and West Eggs, represented the rich and the poor. This symbolism demonstrates the extent to which authors can go to articulate and represent the issues happening in society. For instance, the West Egg shows the newly wealthy people while the East Egg symbolizes people who are classy, rich, and arrogant. This article will be critical in comprehending how Fitzgerald used symbolism in comparing different groups of people and will help understand how this can be used in reflecting the classes of people in contemporary society.
Keshmiri, F. (2016). The Disillusionment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Dreams and Ideals in The Great Gatsby. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 6(6), 1295.
This article explains that ...