The author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, intended the novel's setting and geography to relate to its themes, characters, and thoughts so readers would connect a place, a person, and an idea. There are many important geographical locations in The Great Gatsby. Each of these is specifically selected to correspond to an explicit person or central idea in the novel. The setting is also extremely significant to The Great Gatsby, as it emphasizes the themes and character traits that drive the novel's critical events. Without this important correspondence, the novel may not have the effect the author intended on its readers. If the reader is attentive to the details of location and setting, the story will begin to unravel a series of comparisons that provide more information about how a character really feels or foreshadow what is to come. The first place, West Egg, is related to a dazzling and extravagant person. A person who has become rich and has new money just like the people who live there. The person who corresponds to West Egg is Jay Gatsby. Both the place and the person symbolize the rise of the nouveau riche alongside the conventional aristocracy of the 1920s. Previously, only people born into wealth were generally part of the upper class. Social mobility was difficult for those in the lower classes because the “old rich” who maintained their prosperity for many generations remained in control. During the 1920s, however, people began to acquire wealth within their own generation, calling themselves the “nouveau riche.” Gatsby is an example of a person who makes his own fortune after belonging to a lower social class and economic stratum. Gatsb... halfway through the document... will happen in the next few days. In conclusion, the setting and geography of The Great Gatsby have an exceptional influence on many things such as character personalities, themes, and foreshadowing. It relates characters to where they live and how they behave. East and West Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York City are all home to different types of people represented by the story's main characters. The setting, especially the weather, foreshadows what will happen that day in the novel. If you consider the locations and conditions, you can discover a lot about what a certain character plans to do or how he feels on that particular day. Therefore, setting and geography dictate many things about characters such as social status, personality traits, and background, while time incorporates a character's feelings into the setting..
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