Many literary devices can be found in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One of these devices is a metaphor. A metaphor describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but can help make a comparison or explain an idea. This was used at the very end of Chapter 8 where Nick says, “It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardner saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.” (p154, Fitzgerald). Another example of a metaphor used in the novel is the green light from Daisy’s house.