Yes. I think so. One particular point is at Gatsby's funeral. It is raining. Rain during a funeral may be a cliche but it works for Gatsby. Before the funeral it seemed that everyone forgot about him and no one actually cared about him. And the rain adds another component to it. The rain will wash away all of Gatsby on earth. Its kind of corny but I think it works.
I don't think the weather relates to directly what is happening in the plot. I think it is more used to help set the mood of the scenes. The rain at Gatsby's funeral adds the depressing and eerie feeling of the scene. The heat during and after Myrtles accident adds to the confusion that is felt throughout the chapters.
I agree with Merritt. I don;t think the weather directly correlates with what is happening in the book, but I do think that it sets a certain mood for whatever we expect to happen. I think the rain at Gatsby's funeral is an indicator of a generally morose and sad period of time; however, rain is also a very icky thing that nobody really wants to have to deal with, much like how nobody really wanted anything to do with Gatsby or his funeral service. If the weather is bad, it doesn't mean bad things will happen, and vice versa, but it does allow us as readers to make our own predictions as to what might happen next (ultimately setting a mood throughout each scene).
I agree with Merritt and Serayah, I think that the description of the weather was just Fitzgerald's way of setting the mood for the scene. He uses it to illuminate the scene and in a way to raise the stakes, but I dont feel like it was supposed to mean anything specific.
I think that the weather is part of the setting of the scenes and it makes the different situations more real. For example at the beginning of the novel when Nick goes for the first time to Daisy and Tom's house it's summer and in my opinion it helps setting the scene and therefore it is really related to the fact that Daisy and Jordan have very relaxed behaviors.
I think that the weather doesn't have to do as much about the plot as it does to set the mood of the scene during the book. Like Arnav said, Fitzgerald made the funeral scene a rainy and cloudy, gloomy day. He did this to intensify the mood and the feelings of how people may have felt in this scene. The death of Gatsby was obviously a sad event and the people at the funeral were sad that Gatsby had died. So by making the weather relate to the mood of the story helps the reader get a sense of how people are feeling.
Yes. I think so. One particular point is at Gatsby's funeral. It is raining. Rain during a funeral may be a cliche but it works for Gatsby. Before the funeral it seemed that everyone forgot about him and no one actually cared about him. And the rain adds another component to it. The rain will wash away all of Gatsby on earth. Its kind of corny but I think it works.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the weather relates to directly what is happening in the plot. I think it is more used to help set the mood of the scenes. The rain at Gatsby's funeral adds the depressing and eerie feeling of the scene. The heat during and after Myrtles accident adds to the confusion that is felt throughout the chapters.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Merritt. I don;t think the weather directly correlates with what is happening in the book, but I do think that it sets a certain mood for whatever we expect to happen. I think the rain at Gatsby's funeral is an indicator of a generally morose and sad period of time; however, rain is also a very icky thing that nobody really wants to have to deal with, much like how nobody really wanted anything to do with Gatsby or his funeral service. If the weather is bad, it doesn't mean bad things will happen, and vice versa, but it does allow us as readers to make our own predictions as to what might happen next (ultimately setting a mood throughout each scene).
ReplyDeleteI agree with Merritt and Serayah, I think that the description of the weather was just Fitzgerald's way of setting the mood for the scene. He uses it to illuminate the scene and in a way to raise the stakes, but I dont feel like it was supposed to mean anything specific.
ReplyDeleteI think that the weather is part of the setting of the scenes and it makes the different situations more real. For example at the beginning of the novel when Nick goes for the first time to Daisy and Tom's house it's summer and in my opinion it helps setting the scene and therefore it is really related to the fact that Daisy and Jordan have very relaxed behaviors.
ReplyDeleteI think that the weather doesn't have to do as much about the plot as it does to set the mood of the scene during the book. Like Arnav said, Fitzgerald made the funeral scene a rainy and cloudy, gloomy day. He did this to intensify the mood and the feelings of how people may have felt in this scene. The death of Gatsby was obviously a sad event and the people at the funeral were sad that Gatsby had died. So by making the weather relate to the mood of the story helps the reader get a sense of how people are feeling.
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