The Great Gatsby falls within several genres, one of it's most prominent being a romantic novel due to it's themes of unrequited love and tragedy. Gatsby's illusion is revolved around Daisy, his love for her seems almost obsessive and therefore the reader can only assume that the obsessive love will result in a tragic nature, merging the two genres of romance and tragedy. Subtle literature techniques such as pathetic fallacy are utilized throughout the novel to give the imagery and setting a romantic nature. The unbearable heat in chapter 7 is emphasized in such a way that connotes with passion and intense emotion, the quote "the next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer" suggests such heat. Not only does heat suggest intense feelings but conversely represents tension and irritability, once again Fitzgerald is thus able to merge the genres of romance and tragedy to create a fruitful novel with a various range of literary techniques which aid the representation of romance.
symbolism's continue throughout the novel which represent romance. Gatsby Reaching to the green light suggest him reaching out to his love. The green light resembles everything that beckons Gatsby and similarly represents the distance between the two of them. The quote "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling." The fact that Gatsby was "trembling" could be interpreted in a variety of ways. He may be saddened between the distances, alternatively it could be foreshadowing the tension and tragedy that is to come. The light represents wonder and longing yet intertwines a sense of Gatsby being blindsided by the light and love which it represents.
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