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Stylistic Devices in Gatsby

Biblical Allusions
-“You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” Insinuating that the faith will never cease for him
-“I had one of those renewals of complete faith in him that I’d experienced before.” His faith in ‘Jesus’ was renewed
-“and we walked back a hundred yards along the road under Doctor Eckleburg’s persistent stare.” Shows that the eyes of God are watching as Tom goes to commit adultery

Personification
-“The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.”
-“…the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile…”
-“This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcending effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through powde...

Posted by: Novelett Roberts

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