Diction

          In the classic novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses mellifluous diction in expressing Gatsby’s loving tone toward Daisy Buchanan. Coincidentally, Nick Carraway is Daisy’s cousin, which allows Gatsby to ask a huge favor of him in order to potentially fulfill his longing to be with her. When Daisy arrives at Nick’s house Gatsby is there waiting anxiously to see her. When she is in his presence “He literally glowed”(89). Fitzgerald chose to describe Gatsby as “glow[ing]” to display both the inner and outer excitement in which seeing Daisy rekindled within him. Later in the book he addresses “her sweet, exciting laugh” (116). Every characteristic and quirk Daisy has is attractive to Gatsby. Therefore, the words “sweet” and “exciting” exhibit his undoubted love he has carried for more than five years. Being a man of wealth, Gatsby was always motivated to impress Daisy with his riches. When she attended one of his well-known extravaganzas, all he could think about was her. While they were dancing together he could feel “her warm human magic upon the air”(108). Her “warmth” and “magic” suggest such a positive connotation in which he speaks so highly of her, manipulating words as if he means she is an angel. The devoted prose that Fitzgerald utilizes reveals the true longing and infatuation for Daisy that Gatsby has harbored within himself for  last five years and which during this night has let slip due to overabundance that has built up and reached a climax.