The Great Gatsby House Control Essay

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Brian Tracy, an American TV host once said, “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” In this passage from the book The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan’s control has a negative effect on the house and the people in it, and how everything is artificial. This passage is about the narrator’s impression of the house, and the people in it. This passage is divided into three main parts which are, the general idea and the view of the house, more detail of the room once inside, and the detail of the people in the room. Space, movement, and sound are the three key elements that better describe all three parts of…show more content…
First of all, when the narrator walks through a high hallway into a bright rose-colored space, the high hallway and bright rose-colored space creates an effect of space and takes away any impression of being enclosed. The French windows at either end of the house also show an idea of space especially though the big space between the two windows, and the image of freedom by going though the big French window. Until this point, the house shows a very positive image, such as the freedom of the French windows and the rose- colored space. Then movement comes into the passage, which also contributes, to the sense of space. An example of movement is a wind blowing into the house followed by the pale flags twisting up towards the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on a sea. The term twisting used in this passage seems negative as it shows an image of pain, torture, and trying to break free. The frosted wedding-cake also seems artificial and not real, which suggests that it is negative. The wine-colored rug and the shadow also add on to the negative effect of the house, because wine-color is red, and red is a color of blood. Shadow is also negative since it creates an image of evil and

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