The Great Gatsby is one of the most famous American novels of all time. It has many film adaptions and is set in the roaring twenties by F. Scott Fitzgerald it was immediately well received. A tragic love story about the immensely wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for socialite Daisy Buchannan, the novel is said to be an exemplary novel of the jazz age of the United States. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a very visual and descriptive piece of literature, the novel is colorful and Fitzgerald uses colors to symbolize different things in the novel. Color symbolism plays an essential role in the novel. The three major and most important uses of symbolism by colors were Green, Grey and Yellow/ Gold.
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“Not only does green symbolize new money and greed, but it is also prominent as the green light at the end of the Buchannan dock” (Brozak). The most obvious and also the most important use of color symbolism is the green light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock. Gatsby reaches out for the light in hopes that he can have a life with Daisy and that he too can become a part of the old money. “I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light” (Fitzgerald 22). The green light that Gatsby strives for eludes him in the novel as Gatsby is unable to steal Daisy from Tom and he is unable to separate himself from the rest of the new money people and become old money and his life ends tragically after trying to protect Daisy. Nick describes Gatsby as the most hopeful person he had ever met, Gatsby sees the green light as his hope that he can be with his love. Gatsby himself talks of the light “You always have a green light at the end of your dock” (Fitzgerald 90). Gatsby desires to be with daisy and all of his hopes and desires are represented by the light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock that Gatsby looks at longingly each and every night. As Nick Carraway summed up at the end of the novel “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future at the end of Daisy’s dock” (Fitzgerald 171). The green light signifies Gatsby’s never failing hope for the
Grey is generally associated as a dreary, …show more content…
“Not only does green symbolize new money and greed, but it is also prominent as the green light at the end of the Buchannan dock” (Brozak). The most obvious and also the most important use of color symbolism is the green light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock. Gatsby reaches out for the light in hopes that he can have a life with Daisy and that he too can become a part of the old money. “I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light” (Fitzgerald 22). The green light that Gatsby strives for eludes him in the novel as Gatsby is unable to steal Daisy from Tom and he is unable to separate himself from the rest of the new money people and become old money and his life ends tragically after trying to protect Daisy. Nick describes Gatsby as the most hopeful person he had ever met, Gatsby sees the green light as his hope that he can be with his love. Gatsby himself talks of the light “You always have a green light at the end of your dock” (Fitzgerald 90). Gatsby desires to be with daisy and all of his hopes and desires are represented by the light at the end of the Buchannan’s dock that Gatsby looks at longingly each and every night. As Nick Carraway summed up at the end of the novel “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future at the end of Daisy’s dock” (Fitzgerald 171). The green light signifies Gatsby’s never failing hope for the