Symbolism Of The House In The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby a symbol that is repeatedly used is Gatsby’s mansion, Gatsby uses his home to gain Daisy’s love. Gatsby 's mansion is in West Egg with the “new money” is right across the river from East Egg where the “old money” is. His mansion is big and extravagant as if to rival with the “old money”, or prove he deserves to be there. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s mansion to show the grandness of the 1920’s boom and as a physical symbol of Gatsby’s love for Daisy; in the end, the mansion represents the emptiness in Gatsby’s life due to materialism and superficiality.

Fitzgerald’s use of the mansion is to show Gatsby 's emptiness and longing for Daisy. Gatsby 's lights were always on so his house was bright a would not go unnoticed, though it was on him who lived there. Gatsby justifies living alone by filling his house with huge parties and a lot of people. Every Saturday night Gatsby fills his house with people

Gatsby doesn 't want people asking questions about who his new lady is so he decides to fire all of his staff; “My Finn informed me that Gatsby had dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others, who never went into West Egg Village to be bribed by the tradesmen…(Fitzgerald 114).” The lights were turned off and Gatsby didn 't throw anymore parties. For a while Daisy goes over to Gatsby 's house and the two of them would stay in all day. Gatsby just knew that Daisy loved him and had never stopped loving him, and was beyond ready to have a life with her. When Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, Daisy, and Tom go into town, Gatsby wants Daisy to tell her husband Tom that she had never loved him. When Daisy refuses, Gatsby tells Tom, “Your wife doesn 't love you,” said Gatsby “she 's never loved you. She loves me. (Fitzgerald 130).” Gatsby wants Daisy to admit she had always loved him and when she wont he is