The use of hyperbole in The Great Gatsby?What are some examples of hyperbole in The Great Gatsby? If you can point out which chapter they are found...

Hyperbole is exaggeration used for effect, and frankly the
entire novel is rather hyperbolic.  I mean, you have these hugely rich characters living
on this grand scale--everything about them is rather big and melodramatic.  Juxtaposed
with them is Nick's little shanty of a cottage and the ash heaps with Wilson's Garage. 
Few real things are truly that dismal, just as few real things are so sparkling and
grand.  I presume, though, you're more interested in some actual written hyperbole, so
that's what I shall offer.

Consider the descriptions of
George Wilson:

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"There was not enough of him for his
wife" (chapter 8).

"Wilson...went toward the little office,
mingling immediately with the cement color of the white walls" (chapter
2).

"'He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive,'" says
Myrtle of George in chapter
2.

These descriptions are all
exaggerations, of course, and the valley of ashes itself is rather a
hyperbole.

The descriptions of Gatsby's party-goers are
always rather exaggerated:

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"They conducted themselves according to the rules
of behavior associated with amusement parks" (chapter
3).

Again, though, part of
that is the elaborate nature of the parties and the
party-goers.

Nick, the narrator, describes Gatsby in what
may be considered exaggerated terms, as well:

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"It was one of those rare smiles with a quality
of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life"
(chapter 3).

"Gatsby, who represented everything for which
I have an unaffected scorn" (chapter 1).

"It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any
other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again" (chapter
1).

Again, though,
Gatsby is this larger-than-life character--especially from the perspective of time from
which Nick writes.  Note, though, the use of never, any,
ever, everything, eternal--words
which should not generally be used in description for the very reason that it is
exaggeration.

Hope that gets
you thinking about others you might have read.