Colors help people understand the world around them. Colors can tell people how someone is feeling, if something is cheerful or gloomy and just an overall sense of mood. In F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, color symbolism plays an important role in the understanding of the characters.
One color that plays a very important role in the novel would be the color green. Green is important in The Great Gatsby for many reasons. On reason would be Daisy’s green light at the end of her homes dock. This light symbolizes something very important to Gatsby, his and Daisy’s love, “—he stretched out his arm toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and …show more content…
Red can symbolize a lot of things, for example red represents anger in most cases, but in this novel, it represents wealth and somewhat elegance. In the beginning, Nick describes Tom and Daisy’s house, or should I say mansion, because it is a spacious home which covers a vast amount of land. It’s described as, “A cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion overlooking the bay” (Fitzgerald 13). Red is used here because it shows that the Tom and Daisy are a very successful family and that it is elegant looking house. The color red is also used when Nick talks about Tom’s house and the interior of the many rooms that Tom walks through with Nick, “We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space” (Fitzgerald 13). The reason why red symbolizes wealth is because of the richness and quality of the paint and only wealthy people would be able to afford it. Lastly, the color red is used as a representation of wealth and elegance is on Jacob Olsen’s website he says, “Red and Gold books, wine colored rug, crimson room, pink suit, red circle on wallet etc are used for depicting richness, elegance, danger, tastefulness and death respectively.” The books are describing Gatsby’s library book collection, the rug is describing the rich color indicating that it is expensive. The crimson room is an intimidating color for a room which also holds elegance, the pink suit is the suit that Gatsby wears a …show more content…
White is used as a representation of purity and innocence. The first time white is really mentioned in the book would be when Nick first sees Daisy, who is also with Jordan Baker, Daisy best friend. When Nick sees them he says, “They were both in white, and their dresses rippling and fluttering…” (Fitzgerald 8). Daisy wears white a lot in the story because she gives off an innocent vibe, and white also is a kind color and daisy is kind to anyone she meets. Also white can symbolize power and authority. For example, “Taking a white card from his wallet, he waved it before the man’s eyes” (Fitzgerald 68). Gatsby waved his business card in front of a policeman’s eyes, resulting in getting out of a ticket which shows that Gatsby is powerful and is important in his
One color that plays a very important role in the novel would be the color green. Green is important in The Great Gatsby for many reasons. On reason would be Daisy’s green light at the end of her homes dock. This light symbolizes something very important to Gatsby, his and Daisy’s love, “—he stretched out his arm toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and …show more content…
Red can symbolize a lot of things, for example red represents anger in most cases, but in this novel, it represents wealth and somewhat elegance. In the beginning, Nick describes Tom and Daisy’s house, or should I say mansion, because it is a spacious home which covers a vast amount of land. It’s described as, “A cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion overlooking the bay” (Fitzgerald 13). Red is used here because it shows that the Tom and Daisy are a very successful family and that it is elegant looking house. The color red is also used when Nick talks about Tom’s house and the interior of the many rooms that Tom walks through with Nick, “We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space” (Fitzgerald 13). The reason why red symbolizes wealth is because of the richness and quality of the paint and only wealthy people would be able to afford it. Lastly, the color red is used as a representation of wealth and elegance is on Jacob Olsen’s website he says, “Red and Gold books, wine colored rug, crimson room, pink suit, red circle on wallet etc are used for depicting richness, elegance, danger, tastefulness and death respectively.” The books are describing Gatsby’s library book collection, the rug is describing the rich color indicating that it is expensive. The crimson room is an intimidating color for a room which also holds elegance, the pink suit is the suit that Gatsby wears a …show more content…
White is used as a representation of purity and innocence. The first time white is really mentioned in the book would be when Nick first sees Daisy, who is also with Jordan Baker, Daisy best friend. When Nick sees them he says, “They were both in white, and their dresses rippling and fluttering…” (Fitzgerald 8). Daisy wears white a lot in the story because she gives off an innocent vibe, and white also is a kind color and daisy is kind to anyone she meets. Also white can symbolize power and authority. For example, “Taking a white card from his wallet, he waved it before the man’s eyes” (Fitzgerald 68). Gatsby waved his business card in front of a policeman’s eyes, resulting in getting out of a ticket which shows that Gatsby is powerful and is important in his