Gatsby’s Parties and the Color Green
Do people need wealth and parties to really be happy, and in love or can friends be enough? F. Scott Fitzgerald takes the reader through a journey in his book The Great Gatsby to figure out just that. During the book Gatsby throws parties to show his wealth and try to win back the love he lost. His wealth is spent in extraordinary ways to get Daisy’s attention and try to win her back. His neighbor Nick and him become close friends. Tom Buchanan does not like him and later in the book that shows through. Gatsby’s wealth soon gets him into trouble that he can't get out of. Two very important symbols in the book are the color green representing wealth and Gatsby’s parties that give the reader a look into their lives and his true …show more content…
This tells the readers everyone thinks of Daisy as wealthy because of the persona she puts on. Everyone wants to be around her because she has money and her only true friend is Jordan the girl Nick fell in love with. Later on after Gatsby dies Nick thinks to himself, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (180). The green light that was at the end of Daisy’s dock told readers that he was reaching towards Daisy the person he thought could make him happy. But Daisy doesn't even bother to show up at his funeral and Nick realizes Gatsby only had three real friends that attended the funeral and one was his father. Next Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s parties as another important symbol throughout the novel to show wealth,who his true friends are, and all the money he put into one day having Daisy show up. Gatsby was an unusual host he didn’t appear much at his parties he stayed under the radar until Daisy finally shows up at one of his parties and he becomes a new man, full of energy and engaging with people. Nick remembers seeing “Daisy and Gatsby danced. I remember being surprised by his graceful, conservative fox trot- I
Do people need wealth and parties to really be happy, and in love or can friends be enough? F. Scott Fitzgerald takes the reader through a journey in his book The Great Gatsby to figure out just that. During the book Gatsby throws parties to show his wealth and try to win back the love he lost. His wealth is spent in extraordinary ways to get Daisy’s attention and try to win her back. His neighbor Nick and him become close friends. Tom Buchanan does not like him and later in the book that shows through. Gatsby’s wealth soon gets him into trouble that he can't get out of. Two very important symbols in the book are the color green representing wealth and Gatsby’s parties that give the reader a look into their lives and his true …show more content…
This tells the readers everyone thinks of Daisy as wealthy because of the persona she puts on. Everyone wants to be around her because she has money and her only true friend is Jordan the girl Nick fell in love with. Later on after Gatsby dies Nick thinks to himself, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (180). The green light that was at the end of Daisy’s dock told readers that he was reaching towards Daisy the person he thought could make him happy. But Daisy doesn't even bother to show up at his funeral and Nick realizes Gatsby only had three real friends that attended the funeral and one was his father. Next Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s parties as another important symbol throughout the novel to show wealth,who his true friends are, and all the money he put into one day having Daisy show up. Gatsby was an unusual host he didn’t appear much at his parties he stayed under the radar until Daisy finally shows up at one of his parties and he becomes a new man, full of energy and engaging with people. Nick remembers seeing “Daisy and Gatsby danced. I remember being surprised by his graceful, conservative fox trot- I