In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway joins Jay Gatsby through a trail of lies, love, and deception. Jay Gatsby lives directly across the bay from Daisy Buchanan, with the green light at the end of her dock forever a reminder of their past love. In the book, it appears as though Fitzgerald portrays Jay and Daisy’s relationship to be like his and Zelda’s relationship. Fitzgerald also shows the progression through the 1920s of wealth in the different social classes and how they viewed each other. The Great Gatsby shows symbolic messages throughout the reading such as Fitzgeralds past, the use of colors, and the American dream.
Nick Carraway narrates the story and lives in West Egg beside his mysterious neighbor Mr. Gatsby. …show more content…
The most common colors are green, yellow/gold, and gray. The color green shows money, jealousy, and life/growth. The light at the end of Daisy’s dock represent hope to Gatsby that she is so close they will one day meet again. The green light is first introduced in the end of the first chapter, “…he stretched out his arms 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 distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away” (21). Yellow is seen to attract, represent corruption, and new “fake” money, they built themselves into wealth and most commonly live in west egg. While gold represents the aristocrats of east egg that are haughty old money, they were born to wealth. Gatsby’s yellow car is not only distinct but also a killing machine. In chapter 7, while Daisy is driving home in Gatsby’s car she strikes Myrtle Wilson killing her instantly. Another color that stands in The Great Gatsby is the color grey. Grey is most often connected to the Valley of Ashes which lies between West Egg and New York. To describe the area Fitzgerald writes, “occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to a rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight” (23). In the book, grey represents the lack of life or spirit in Mr. Wilson and also in the Valley of Ashes. The most important theme in the book would have to be the American
Nick Carraway narrates the story and lives in West Egg beside his mysterious neighbor Mr. Gatsby. …show more content…
The most common colors are green, yellow/gold, and gray. The color green shows money, jealousy, and life/growth. The light at the end of Daisy’s dock represent hope to Gatsby that she is so close they will one day meet again. The green light is first introduced in the end of the first chapter, “…he stretched out his arms 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 distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away” (21). Yellow is seen to attract, represent corruption, and new “fake” money, they built themselves into wealth and most commonly live in west egg. While gold represents the aristocrats of east egg that are haughty old money, they were born to wealth. Gatsby’s yellow car is not only distinct but also a killing machine. In chapter 7, while Daisy is driving home in Gatsby’s car she strikes Myrtle Wilson killing her instantly. Another color that stands in The Great Gatsby is the color grey. Grey is most often connected to the Valley of Ashes which lies between West Egg and New York. To describe the area Fitzgerald writes, “occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to a rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight” (23). In the book, grey represents the lack of life or spirit in Mr. Wilson and also in the Valley of Ashes. The most important theme in the book would have to be the American