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A simple thesis would be that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses flower imagery to enhance the characterization of various people in the novel.
For example, the name "Daisy" suggests a white flower...
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The use of flowers is quite deliberate. Fitzgerald uses the idea of flowers to convey several concepts. The flower is something that lives, flourishes off of other nutrients, and dies. This...
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