Gatsby: a mini review

The use of symbols in The Great Gatsby is both poetic and beautiful. When we are introduced to our main focus (though he isn't the main character) we are bombarded with images. First, or lovely narrator meets Gatsby's love interest, Daisy. Her name alone is enough to show us that she will be the beautiful and delicate flower among the brambles in this novel.  Jay Gatsby is himself a man of symbol. The manner in which our narrator meets Gatsby is informal and ever so enormously awkward. Many of us can relate, I am sure. Especially in the manner of being a lot younger than our protagonist expected, the reader is shown from the beginning that Gatsby is no ordinary rich man. He is a man of mystery and quiet ( or so we think) living. The rest? Well you'll have to see for yourself.