F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
             From The Great Gatsby (1925) chapter III
             This text is an extract from The Great Gatsby, which is a satire written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, so just after the first World War. Francis Scott Fitzgerald with Ernest Hemingway was one of the best known members of "The Lost Generation" which was constituted of American writers who were disillusioned with American society after the first World War. This period is called the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age and is associated with affluence, consumption and prosperity. At the time, America was considered as the land of opportunities. The plot of the story is about Jay Gatsby's identity and the achievement of the American Dream and also as we can see at the end of the book its failure.
             The book is constituted of nine chapters and this extract is situated at the beginning of the third chapter. The scene takes place in Gatsby's house. The narrator, Nick Carraway, who is Gatsby's neighbor is invited for the first time in one of his parties and describes it. Nevertheless he has not met him yet but this meeting will take place later in this chapter.
             1) Literary genre, mood, mode and tone
             This extract is a fiction written in prose since it reports information to the reader. On the one hand, the mode is narrative and descriptive as we can see line 1 with "There was music from my neighour's house", with a short dialogue beginning line 92 with ""Hello", I roared"" when Nick is calling out Jordan Baker. On the other hand, the mode is also symbolic for instance all the means of transportation owned by Jay Gatsby symbolize his wealth and also industrialization.. As regards the mood, it is very festive, agitated and joyful as we can see line 4 to line 6 "...I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking sun on the hot sand of his beach while his ...