Cars In The Great Gatsby
Rik Wyatt Bryant The Symbolism of Houses and Cars Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is full of symbolism, which is portrayed by the houses and cars in an array of ways. One of the more important qualities of symbolism within The Great Gatsby, is the way in which it is so completely incorporated into the plot and structure. Symbols such as Gatsby’s house, symbolize material wealth. Gatsby’s house “[is] a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy” is a symbol of Gatsby’s large illegal income(9). Gatsby‘s large income isn‘t enough “The house he feels he needs in order to win happiness” and it is also the perfect symbol of carelessness with money which is a major part of his personality (Bewley 24). Gatsby’s house like his car symbolizes his vulgar and excessive trait of getting attention. ... Their house, a “red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay,” is just as impressive as Gatsby’s house but much more low-key (11). ... Another person who lives on the nouveau-rich West Egg is Gatsby. ... Gatsby’s car is an embodiment of his wealth. ... Gatsby’s car is “a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns” obviously shows his materialism(68).