What Does The Color Pink Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

People try to impress others by dressing nice, working on their presentations, and focusing on material goods. Within The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald. Gatsby meets a girl named daisy. Soon after he leave for the war and daisy becomes impatient waiting for gatsby to come back so she starts dating other people again. She then later meets Tom and they get married. When gatsby comes back from the war he finds out about Daisy and Tom and he buys a house across the bay from them to keep an eye on daisy. After may efforts of trying to get daisy back gatsby is shot at his home and his american dream never comes true. Gatsby hoped daisy would come back to him but this dream was an illusion because in reality Daisy stayed with Tom. Fitzgerald's use of the color pink in The Great Gatsby symbolizes a soft, elegant and a warm heart throughout the novel. Which shows that a person needs more than good intentions in order to realise their dreams. …show more content…
Gatsby feels like this in his relationship with daisy but in the end this is not reality. In the end, Daisy does not leave Tom to be with him and Gastby ends up dead. For instance, Gastbyś suit shows elegance because it is pink and only rich people wear pink suits. This shows his wealth and that he is trying to impress Daisy with his material goods. Daisy continues to lead Gatsby on and Gatsby continues to do all these things for Daisy. Daisy says ¨I´d like to get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around” (Fitzgerald, 92). This quote shows the illusion that they are together and are each other's american dream when in reality Daisy knows that she will never leave Tom so that she needs more than just good