Great Gatsby And Monet
Fitzgerald’s ornate writing style reflects the painting style of the great impressionists, Claude Monet. The impressionist movement, which was named after one of Monet’s paintings called Impression, Sunrise, is characterized by the concentration on what the general impression of a scene is and not necessarily what is actually there. Fitzgerald mimics this style by evoking feelings from his use of imagery and descriptive language. While describing Buchanan home in his book The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald says that “the lawn started at the beach and the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens- finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run” (6). This race metaphor gives movement to his style just as the quick paint strokes of Monet’s The Stroll give the feeling of movement and wind in his work. Monet uses his loose brush strokes to show the motion and liveliness......
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