In some ways red represents passion, and maybe not in the best way. When Myrtle was killed, George Wilson was infuriated but also devastated. There is no way to classify exactly what he was feeling, but he was for sure passionate about the situation and wanted to make sure his wife received justice. When he kills Gatsby it is not out of anger or sadness, but passion, and red is used to describe the aftermath. A mattress floated in the water and leaves surrounded the body, “tracing, like the leg of compass, a thin red circle in the water.” (Fitzgerald 173) The fact that Wilson committed suicide after killing Gatsby really conveys passion, he was willing to do anything to avenge his wife. Another instance where red symbolizes passion is when
