Language

Fitzgerald uses a range of syntax devices in order to tell his story, "The Great Gatsby". Here, we will focus on:

• repetition
• parallelism

Repetition

Fitzgerald makes extensive use of repetition. 

For example, when Nick meets Daisy he writes “Daisy made an attempt to rise – she leaned slightly forward with a conscientious expression – then she laughed, an absurd, ...

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Parallelism

Fitzgerald also frequently uses parallelism as a device. In describing Gatsby's parties, he writes “every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York – every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.”

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