Cacophony of sound

"music made of a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos

Sensory Overload-

Imagery

“On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.

"Temporal imagery- 'On Mondays eight servants ' every Friday,.. every monday' 'once a fortnight' highlights the over indulgence and futility of their lifestyles as it appears repetitive and boring.

Alliteration- 'voices and colour under the constantly changing lights' highlights constant change where things and people are constantly in flux and appear superficial showing instability and facade of the upper class in 1920s.

'Rolls Royce'- proper noun (exported into America- highlights wealth)connotes to wealth and old money

'Toiled'- verb (emphasises efforts)

'Bearing'- verb- present continuous tense

'Omnibus'- alot of people attending the party makes the Rolls Royce seem petite. Emphasises it's stuffed with people. Nouns are used comparatively.

Possessive pronoun - “his” - shows his ownership and depicts the enigmatic nature of Gatsby

Juxtaposition - “brisk yellow bug” - displays Gatsby’s wealth as artificial through the modifier “yellow”, furthermore this is a fake “gold” which has previously denoted luxury and old money.

Alliterative phrase/assonance “ repairing the ravages” - has sinister undertones of the purpose of the parties.

'Spilled with prodigality'- metaphorical, reveals the attitudes and values of the men and the flappers (Changing identities due to the rejection of traditional heterosexual norms, values and customs)

Also, it shows the crisis in masculinity as a result of Technological and industrial revolutions which transformed both the home and the workplace

'Confident girls'- the modifier links to the context of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment- giving women the right to vote- taking up positions stereotyped to be men's

Young women began to express themselves in more liberated ways through the cultivation of the “flapper” identity. This often involved participating in activities such as

smoking and drinking as well as maintaining a degree of sexual freedom. Even in the domestic sphere women exerted a larger degree of power, particularly due to the advent of mass

consumerism

'...moving her hands like Frisco'- descriptive, imagery, simile

colour under the constantly changing light." Begins with asyndetic listing which represents the fast pace the party is moving at, but it switches to syndetic listing which slows the pace down and represents the changing nature of the party. The women seem to be the centre of attention and among the men- they are viewed as entertainment to them, but only for a moment, which suggests attitudes towards women at the time.

Earth lurches away from the sun. The verb provides imagery of the nights and appearance and intensifies the vivid and unworldly atmosphere. The verb ‘lurches’ emphasises the escapism these parties create.

Simple minor declarative - I had actually been invited. Separates Nick from the the others morally.

Contact of the use of modifiers ‘pitful’ and ‘thin’ and syndetic listing of the orchestra

The use of asyndetic -‘ the groups…’