- “By seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums”(40).
The repetition of the word “and” effectively creates an overwhelming feeling of crowdedness of the orchestra. While informing the reader of the density of the orchestra, Fitzgerald also infers that all of Gatsby’s parties are overly compacted with people. The polysyndeton also lets this sentence flow easily and eliminate any pauses or stopping while reading. This example of syntax proficiently advocates the author’s descriptive style as well as his interested tone in the remarkable band of instruments.
- “I walked out the back way – just as Gatsby had when he had made his nervous circuit of the house half an hour before – and ran for a huge black knotted tree, whose massed leaves made a fabric against the rain”(88).
When Nick narrates these words, his thoughts are interrupted and a discontented feeling comes over him. While the dashes inform the reader that Nick is very preoccupied with his thoughts and actions, they also generate Fitzgerald’s tone in the passage. The dashes in this sentence interject a second thought into Fitzgerald’s writing, creating a broken and gloomy tone. This tone is also portrayed through imagery of a dark, stormy night when Gatsby is away – again exposing Fitzgerald’s descriptive style.
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