Similes can also be found numerous times throughout the novel; one example is when Gatsby's parties are first described: "men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars". The people in attendance are like moths, flocking to his party simply because they are attracted by the bright lights and commotion rather than having any real attachment to Gatsby or true commitment to the affair. Daisy is described as "gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor". Silver, a most pure element, gives her an image of beauty and regality, emphasizing her status as an East Egger above the lower people. On their first meeting with Nick, Daisy and Jordan's "dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been block back in after a short flight around the house". This image gives the two women a very flighty and airy feel, as if they had no substance, yet also a feel of a great energy. Later in the novel it is seen that both of the women have a great deal of vitality, Daisy fighting between her two men and Jordan revealing herself to be a strong and rather devious person, so this simile foreshadows their later actions, in a way.
1. "As if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away."
2. "The Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe."
3. "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon."
4. "Their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they has just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."
Figurative language in Chapter one of The Great Gatsby include Daisy uses the metaphor to describe Nick as â??A rose, an absolute rose!â?? Similes include "As if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away." , "The Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe." , "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon." and "Their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they has just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."
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"In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."
"And only let me leave it in the soap dish when she saw that it was coming to pieces like snow."Pg 76
figurative language
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"Incredulous" does not appear in the first chapter of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The First Chapter
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