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Fitzgerald uses diction to characterize the way his cast speaks. Each and every character has their own way of speaking causing the characters to feel more life-like and less scripted. Tom has a arrogant or boastful way of talking such as when he says "I've got a nice place here" when he is talking to Nick as if to say aren't I great? or look around it's mine. Fitzgerald also uses an expansive vocabulary and outdated terms such as "rotogravure"(18) which must be understood by context instead of previously knowledge of the word.
You have an accurate idea of the way diction is used by Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. But, diction is not only used to categorize a character's speech. You do use valid examples of Tom's arrogance, however, you could elaborate more on the subject. Fitzgerald wrote this book in the 1920's so the grammar only seems "outdated" to our generation, which was born after Fitzgerald's time. In your blog posts, you need to work on grammar, sentence structure, and specific text citation. You use two quotes, yet only cite one page number. Practice your use of grammar, there are errors within your analysis, such as missing commas.
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