Literary Naivety Many underestimate the impact literary devices bear upon literature. For example, in The Great Gatsby is written, “...each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk…” (Fitzgerald 14). Fitzgerald by employing a simile allows the reader to experience the emotion of his characters. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, a young woman in a Puritan community, discovers the effects of sin and the secrets of Dimmesdale, the beloved minister. Without literary terms like setting, dynamic character, and symbolism, Hawthorne could not fully convey the story. To prove the importance of literary devices, one must examine the setting and its influence. The setting
