The Great Gatsby figurative laguage analysis

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses several different types of figurative language to elevate his prose.  Two specific type of figurative language he employs are imagery and symbolism.  He uses two different types of imagery, auditory and visual.  Visual imagery is clearly noted in "wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square"(Fitzgerald 11).  In this passage, we get a clear sense of what is going on and how Tom uses his size to make people do what he wants them to do.  Auditory imagery is displayed in passages such as, "It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again" (Fitzgerald 9).  Throughout the book, the characters say things ecstatically or irrelevantly; they demand and yawn.  From the way they talk, the reader is able to hear their voices and their different emotions.  Fitzgerald's symbolism is used to great effect when he refers to the poster of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.  Wilson states that "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!"(Fitzgerald 159).  In this passage, Wilson was looking at the Doctor T. J. Eckleburg poster and telling his wife that even though she fooled him about her affair, God knew all. Throughout the book, Doctor T. J. Eckleburg is heavily alluded to be a representation for God.

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