How do the connotations of the language in this passage help to express a contrast between the world in which Gatsby lives and the one he imagines?

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Passage is in chapter 6 pgs 98-101 top

"sprung from his platonic conception of himself"

"the unreality of reality, a promise that a rock of the world was found securely on a fairy's wing"

when Gatsby dreams like that area

Asked by Dani R #995727 on 3/27/2020 4:55 PM

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 3/27/2021 3:19 AM

Answered by Haewon Y #970790 on 3/27/2021 3:19 AM

The connotations have a postitive filter to the writing, while the dennotations are giving off an negative effect.