Examples Of Second Body Paragraph For The Great Gatsby

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I. Main Idea for 1st Body Paragraph (foreshadowing)

A. Literary Element use and effect in novel

1. An example of foreshadowing is when Nick invited Daisy over for Gatsby. She doesn’t understand why she is there and asks if he is in love with her. Then he says, ”That's the secret of Castle Rackrent”.

2. It gives a background to the characters from the story and foreshadows the secret of the castle will be revealed further in the story.

B. Literary Element use and effect in 2nd piece of literature

1. In the poem, there is foreshadowing when the author states, “while crime was ignored by the money it spends”.

2. Near the end, the author says that Wall Street collapsed. This is a huge turning …show more content…

The poem uses foreshadowing to explain that the crime had gotten away with money. II. Main Idea for 2nd Body Paragraph (irony)

A. Literary Element use and effect in novel 1. Everyone in town went to the parties that Gatsby threw, but not one of them attended his funeral when he died. 2. Gatsby spent his whole life trying to become wealthy and when he did become wealthy, he still didn’t find happiness.

B. Literary Element use and effect in 2nd piece of literature

1. Even though Wall Street collapsed, everyone continued to party without care. Many of them had money invested into it too.

2. People during the 20’s were so caught up in the events around them and not so much about how it was effecting their lives.

C. Relation of This Literary Element to the Theme

1. No body attended Gatsby’s funeral even though he threw parties for others. It doesn’t matter how much money you have. Money can not buy a person happiness.

2. All the wealthy people didn’t realize about the reality around them because they were too busy thinking about partying which still didn’t make them happy.
III. Main Idea for 3rd Body Paragraph (symbolism)

A. Literary Element use and effect in

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