Colors in the world around us represent many different emotions,feelings, and aspects of our lives. They have more of an impact then just being something to look at. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, colors are used in this same fashion. In the novel, author Scott F. Fitzgerald uses color to symbolise a lot of deeper meanings as well as elements in the story. Colors are used in the novel by Scott F. Fitzgerald to represent a hierarchy in social status between West Egg and East Egg. For example the Buchanan's house is described as, “...even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay" (Fitzgerald 6). The color white is used to show purity of character. This representation
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Furthermore In the story, it is told there is a lot of gold as well. This use of gold represents new money. These colors are used specifically to give the reader a much deeper look into the Buchanan's for the reason that it shows they feel the need to flaunt what they have in the sense that they feel like they need everyone to know that they are old money. This theme is again represented when the Valley of Ashes is described as being generally sullen, melancholy, sad, and especially grey. The Color grey is used to convey a dreary, somewhat lifeless theme as well as a general sense of poverty for the reader. This is much different than the reds,whites,greens,and golds of the eggs and city that provide a much happier and more upbeat impression to a reader. The use of color in this scenario creates separation between the two settings. The grey in the Valley could be perceived as foreshadowing by Scott Fitzgerald because of Myrtle’s death later in the novel. The other made sure to differentiate in …show more content…
The light to Gatsby is more significant than it is to any other character. He sees it as an extension of his and Daisy’s relationship.To him, it is a representation of his hope and jealousy of old money dreams simultaneously. It is in fact so important to him that he will take time out of his days to admire it almost as if it was really Daisy Buchanan in the flesh. It represented more though, to dive deeper into the meaning of the light it is something Gatsby desires and wants but never gets much closer to. This could be viewed as an extension of Daisy's unawareness of Gatsby’s intentions with her as well as her naiveness to the fact that she was egging him on just to not let him achieve his goal. This is so significant to the story for it's amount of possible or probable interpretations. It is a focal point of the storys symbolism and symbolic meanings and perhaps the most significant use of color in the great gatsby for character and story
Furthermore In the story, it is told there is a lot of gold as well. This use of gold represents new money. These colors are used specifically to give the reader a much deeper look into the Buchanan's for the reason that it shows they feel the need to flaunt what they have in the sense that they feel like they need everyone to know that they are old money. This theme is again represented when the Valley of Ashes is described as being generally sullen, melancholy, sad, and especially grey. The Color grey is used to convey a dreary, somewhat lifeless theme as well as a general sense of poverty for the reader. This is much different than the reds,whites,greens,and golds of the eggs and city that provide a much happier and more upbeat impression to a reader. The use of color in this scenario creates separation between the two settings. The grey in the Valley could be perceived as foreshadowing by Scott Fitzgerald because of Myrtle’s death later in the novel. The other made sure to differentiate in …show more content…
The light to Gatsby is more significant than it is to any other character. He sees it as an extension of his and Daisy’s relationship.To him, it is a representation of his hope and jealousy of old money dreams simultaneously. It is in fact so important to him that he will take time out of his days to admire it almost as if it was really Daisy Buchanan in the flesh. It represented more though, to dive deeper into the meaning of the light it is something Gatsby desires and wants but never gets much closer to. This could be viewed as an extension of Daisy's unawareness of Gatsby’s intentions with her as well as her naiveness to the fact that she was egging him on just to not let him achieve his goal. This is so significant to the story for it's amount of possible or probable interpretations. It is a focal point of the storys symbolism and symbolic meanings and perhaps the most significant use of color in the great gatsby for character and story