There was a time in history called the Jazz Age, which took place during the “Roaring Twenties”. This novel’s setting is based in the time era of the Jazz Age and the “Roaring Twenties”. The Jazz Age was a time period in the 1920’s where new music and dances became popular in the United States and even Britain. Everyone started being more rebellious by going to more parties, and always drinking and having a good time. The “Roaring Twenties” are when more people decided to live in cities instead of farms, and the United States was starting to become more industrial instead of agricultural. The behavior of women also changed drastically, by their clothing and their attitude. Women who changed their behavior and style more were known as “flappers”.
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Gatsby’s whole mansion is based on the color blue, including his gardens and even the uniforms that the servants must wear. On the day that Nick got invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties, he saw “a chauffeur in a uniform of a robin’s-egg blue cross [his] lawn…” (Fitzgerald, 41). On the outside Gatsby always tries to show how excellent his life is, but on the inside he is always sad for what Daisy did to him. Daisy was supposed to wait for him when he got back from war, but instead she moved onto a more wealthy man. His real inner- self is sad, and lonely. He has this big mansion with only him living in it. At the night of Gatsby’s party Nick walked into “his blue gardens…” (Fitzgerald, 39). The blue gardens in his backyard also reveal how depressed and lonely he really is. Gatsby also never took part in his parties; the guests always wondered who Gatsby really was. He was never able to take part in the partying because he was too busy looking around to see if Daisy showed up one of these times. “The romantic blue is obviously associated with the promise, the dream that Gatsby has mistaken for reality” (Daniel, Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby), because his dream was being with Daisy and he can’t have that. Gatsby could also not be taking part in the …show more content…
The color white can also “represent the immaculate and pure beauty…” (Haibing 41, Symbolic meanings of Colors in The Great Gatsby). When Nick first entered the Buchanan’s house for the first time, he walked in and saw that Daisy and Jordan “…were both in white…” (Fitzgerald, 8). Their white dresses were to symbolize how innocent and pure they both were when you first met them, but throughout the book that quickly changed. Daisy is always wearing the color white, which can make people conclude that she is flawless, and innocent. The wearing of the white made Gatsby fall in love with her and become his American Dream. However the real representation of the color white with Daisy shows her “superficial, hollow, cold, and a selfish heart” (Haibing 42, Symbolic Meanings of Colors in The Great Gatsby). Daisy’s life is filled with just her money and making sure that she is always surrounded with luxury. She doesn’t care who she hurts in the long run, as long as she has wealth. Daisy therefore represents the hollow rich upper-class in the Jazz Age. White also symbolizes the rich and the wealthy of the people in West Egg and East Egg. Gatsby has many white shirts and he is usually “in a white flannel suit…” (Fitzgerald, 84). The color of his shirts and suits shows how much money and wealth that he has
Gatsby’s whole mansion is based on the color blue, including his gardens and even the uniforms that the servants must wear. On the day that Nick got invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties, he saw “a chauffeur in a uniform of a robin’s-egg blue cross [his] lawn…” (Fitzgerald, 41). On the outside Gatsby always tries to show how excellent his life is, but on the inside he is always sad for what Daisy did to him. Daisy was supposed to wait for him when he got back from war, but instead she moved onto a more wealthy man. His real inner- self is sad, and lonely. He has this big mansion with only him living in it. At the night of Gatsby’s party Nick walked into “his blue gardens…” (Fitzgerald, 39). The blue gardens in his backyard also reveal how depressed and lonely he really is. Gatsby also never took part in his parties; the guests always wondered who Gatsby really was. He was never able to take part in the partying because he was too busy looking around to see if Daisy showed up one of these times. “The romantic blue is obviously associated with the promise, the dream that Gatsby has mistaken for reality” (Daniel, Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby), because his dream was being with Daisy and he can’t have that. Gatsby could also not be taking part in the …show more content…
The color white can also “represent the immaculate and pure beauty…” (Haibing 41, Symbolic meanings of Colors in The Great Gatsby). When Nick first entered the Buchanan’s house for the first time, he walked in and saw that Daisy and Jordan “…were both in white…” (Fitzgerald, 8). Their white dresses were to symbolize how innocent and pure they both were when you first met them, but throughout the book that quickly changed. Daisy is always wearing the color white, which can make people conclude that she is flawless, and innocent. The wearing of the white made Gatsby fall in love with her and become his American Dream. However the real representation of the color white with Daisy shows her “superficial, hollow, cold, and a selfish heart” (Haibing 42, Symbolic Meanings of Colors in The Great Gatsby). Daisy’s life is filled with just her money and making sure that she is always surrounded with luxury. She doesn’t care who she hurts in the long run, as long as she has wealth. Daisy therefore represents the hollow rich upper-class in the Jazz Age. White also symbolizes the rich and the wealthy of the people in West Egg and East Egg. Gatsby has many white shirts and he is usually “in a white flannel suit…” (Fitzgerald, 84). The color of his shirts and suits shows how much money and wealth that he has