Nick Carraway, the narrator in The Great Gatsby, attempts to reach his audience in the first paragraph by using rhetorical strategies. Carraway starts off early by using metaphors; "my own house was an eyesore (page 5)", comparing his house to an eyesore or something that stands out compared to everything around it. Or "frosted wedding cake of the ceiling (page 8)", which compared the ceiling texture to the frosting on a wedding cake. These metaphors allow the reader to connect two objects to one another, the objects that Carraway sees, we don't, so the metaphors help us to visualize. Carraway also uses hyperbole in Chapter One, "I'm paralyzed with happiness (page 8)" even though he isn't exactly paralyzed, he wanted to express his happiness in an extreme measure. Carraway also uses personification as a rhetorical device in chapter one, "the lawn started toward the beach and ran toward the front door... (page 6)" which gives life to the lawn, saying that it physically ran toward the door of the house, which it didn't but it painted a picture of the ocean front home. Carraway also focuses strongly on his syntax in the first chapter. All authors include syntax in their writing, what sets them apart from eachother is the way they use syntax. He uses very many short sentences to create this choppy tone when you read.