Colors play an important role in literature and everyday life as the way to represent certain characteristics. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Myrtle lives are surrounded by colors that are full of meaning. The novel is based upon the period in history called “the Roaring Twenties”. At this time, World War I was over and an entire generation was viciously destroyed. It was a scary time for everyone around the age of eighteen, so people started to question authority and rebel through new styles of music, clothing, and ways of living. Before World War I, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan were together, and they were in love. The novel begins after the war and Gatsby and Daisy have not
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When Gatsby hosts an extravagant party at his house, both Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, and the turkeys at the party are described as gold. The color gold is used to represent “old money and class.”(Brozak) At the party, Nick Carraway sees “Jordan’s slender golden arms.”(Fitzgerald. 43). The color gold is used for describe Jordan’s arms because she is from an old money family and is very classy. The turkeys at the party are “bewitched to a dark gold” (Fitzgerald. 40.). The turkeys are roasted to a golden hue because Gatsby wants to portray the false idea that he is rich and classy, although he is not a member of the old money class. Daisy Buchanan is seen as “High in a white palace, the king’s daughter, the golden girl” (Fitzgerald. 120.) because of her high-class and old money family. Her class and wealth is represented by the color gold. Also, when Daisy and Jay Gatsby come over Nick’s house one day, Jay is wearing a gold-colored tie with a white suit. (Fitzgerald. 84.) Fitzgerald has Gatsby wear the tie so that he can show Daisy that he is rich. He wears the color gold and uses the color gold at his parties to impress Daisy, who is his long time love. Gatsby wishes that he was from an old-money family and was high-class, so he wears the color
When Gatsby hosts an extravagant party at his house, both Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, and the turkeys at the party are described as gold. The color gold is used to represent “old money and class.”(Brozak) At the party, Nick Carraway sees “Jordan’s slender golden arms.”(Fitzgerald. 43). The color gold is used for describe Jordan’s arms because she is from an old money family and is very classy. The turkeys at the party are “bewitched to a dark gold” (Fitzgerald. 40.). The turkeys are roasted to a golden hue because Gatsby wants to portray the false idea that he is rich and classy, although he is not a member of the old money class. Daisy Buchanan is seen as “High in a white palace, the king’s daughter, the golden girl” (Fitzgerald. 120.) because of her high-class and old money family. Her class and wealth is represented by the color gold. Also, when Daisy and Jay Gatsby come over Nick’s house one day, Jay is wearing a gold-colored tie with a white suit. (Fitzgerald. 84.) Fitzgerald has Gatsby wear the tie so that he can show Daisy that he is rich. He wears the color gold and uses the color gold at his parties to impress Daisy, who is his long time love. Gatsby wishes that he was from an old-money family and was high-class, so he wears the color