Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes - a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.

-a. any connections with the rest of the novel
-b. connections to the american dream
-c. language devices used
-d. the overall meaning of it

Here's some my ideas to get you started:

a. Any connections with the rest of the novel

This passage makes use of the modified landscape as a metaphor for a way guy has changed, manipulated, tainted, commandeered, something, the natural landscape and created a panorama of gilded homes, manicured lawns, socially vapid humans no longer linked to the realities of the running elegance or herbal international. Certainly, no East, West, or South or North Egg existed while the early explorers first eyed the coast of what changed into the be the arena of Gatsby and Daisy.

b. Connections to the american dream

Ah! The narrartor imagines the primary explorers so in awe of our pristine land that no phrases but existed, no goals had been yet set, no plans of conquer have been taken in Old World's strategies of our America. This moment discribed is the primary awakening of happen destiny on this brave new international of America.

c. Language devices used

Well, darling, we're talking Fitzgerald!

The alliteration is top-notch!

Transitory enchanted second

transferring glow of a ferryboat

forced into a cultured contemplation

I suggest, that is stuff ya gotta say outloud!

Use of metaphors:

houses melt away

vanished trees had as soon as pandered in whispers

Thank You :)

Hope it helps!

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