Use Of Syntax In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a novel that depicts Jay Gatsby chasing his American Dream. Although Gatsby did it by illegal means, Fitzgerald honors Gatsby for the effort he put forth in trying to achieve his American Dream of winning Daisy back. With the use of symbolism, syntax to create a respectful tone towards Gatsby, and a mood of honor, Fitzgerald admires Gatsby for chasing an unattainable American Dream and almost succeeding. Symbolism is a major key to Fitzgerald’s novel and he uses it to represent how unattainable American Dream’s are. Fitzgerald uses the green light across the bay to symbolize how unattainable and far away he is from attaining his dream. Gatsby believes that the green light represents his hopes of gaining Daisy is the future
Starting with the title of his novel, The Great Gatsby. There is a reason for why Fitzgerald titled his book The Great Gatsby and that is because he obviously thinks highly of Gatsby and respects him for going after his American Dream and getting Daisy with all he had. Gatsby put everything he had into trying to get Daisy. Although he obtained his fortune illegally, Fitzgerald still commends him and says, “Gatsby turned out all right at the end”. Fitzgerald says this out of respect for the man because he went out to get a fortune so he has at least a shot with Daisy because Gatsby realized how materialistic Daisy is considering she gave up love with Gatsby to marry a guy with money when he was in the war. But besides that, Fitzgerald values Gatsby’s attempt and even though he ultimately failed, Fitzgerald still believes he’s great. On the last page of the novel, Fitzgerald’s viewpoint is portrayed perfectly, he says, “…his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it”. Fitzgerald is commending Gatsby for all of the hard work and effort he put into chasing his unattainable dream. He came so close as though his dream could barely slip away from his outstretched arms, but then he got beat down by the “current” and the dream slipped away from him entirely. However, even though Gatsby failed, Fitzgerald makes it clear that he should be
When Fitzgerald states that “Gatsby turned out all right at the end”, it makes the reader feel respectful of the man for him chasing after his dream and living his life according to his dream. Gatsby is one of the few people that can honestly say they lived their life how they planned it to be. Gatsby wanted to achieve his dream more then anything in the world and he did everything he could, but it just wasn’t enough to go against the current. “It eluded us then, but that’s no matter- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…” This quote summarizes the mood a reader should get after reading this novel. Even though Gatsby’s dream eluded him many times, he did everything he could. He stretched out his arms further and ran faster but it just wasn’t enough to achieve his “one fine morning—”. But the fact of the matter is this, Gatsby tried time after time again which makes the mood respectful and honoring of Gatsby’s attempt to come so close to his dream but fall just a little bit