In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism many times throughout the novel. The social and moral decay hidden in New York, home of the wealthy and “well-to-do-people” (Fitzgerald 6). During the narrators’ stay in West Egg, he takes the reader on a very thrilling ride. The narrator describes extravagant parties, American dreams, brutality, lies, affairs, murders, lust, jealousy, careless people, moral decay, the eyes, different colors and the Valley of Ashes.
The Valley of Ashes is referred to as the “solemn dumping ground” (21), which highlights the moral and social decay of the wealthy. It is also known to be a geographical symbol in which decaying moral values are rehearsed. Emphasizing the theme of the declining the American …show more content…
The big dull, decaying valley also represents the decaying American dream. The narrator uses negative diction, such as “grotesque gardens”, “ash-gray men”, solemn dumping ground”, and “pointless days” (21) to create a dark, gloomy, unhappy and hopeless tone. This effect enables the readers of The Great Gatsby to visualize a more corrupt atmosphere and setting tight enough to fit the immoral events that occur in the Valley of Ashes. Each generation, the ashes pile distorting the American dream further, and further, and …show more content…
In the novel, Nick Caraway, is using vivid imagery to appeal to the readers. Nick states, “the air is allure with chatter and laughter” (33), and “the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, laughter us easier minute by minute….. tipped out at a cheerful word” (34). Laughter and chatter appeals to the readers’ sense of sound and the use of positive dictation, including “cheerful”, “alive”, and “brighter”, produces a welcoming atmosphere. This helps contrast the dreary dull tone in the Valley of Ashes. The valley is where the corruption of both Eggs is unseen behind the “bleak dust”, “rising smoke”, and “powdery air” (21), and extravagant facades on both the
The Valley of Ashes is referred to as the “solemn dumping ground” (21), which highlights the moral and social decay of the wealthy. It is also known to be a geographical symbol in which decaying moral values are rehearsed. Emphasizing the theme of the declining the American …show more content…
The big dull, decaying valley also represents the decaying American dream. The narrator uses negative diction, such as “grotesque gardens”, “ash-gray men”, solemn dumping ground”, and “pointless days” (21) to create a dark, gloomy, unhappy and hopeless tone. This effect enables the readers of The Great Gatsby to visualize a more corrupt atmosphere and setting tight enough to fit the immoral events that occur in the Valley of Ashes. Each generation, the ashes pile distorting the American dream further, and further, and …show more content…
In the novel, Nick Caraway, is using vivid imagery to appeal to the readers. Nick states, “the air is allure with chatter and laughter” (33), and “the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, laughter us easier minute by minute….. tipped out at a cheerful word” (34). Laughter and chatter appeals to the readers’ sense of sound and the use of positive dictation, including “cheerful”, “alive”, and “brighter”, produces a welcoming atmosphere. This helps contrast the dreary dull tone in the Valley of Ashes. The valley is where the corruption of both Eggs is unseen behind the “bleak dust”, “rising smoke”, and “powdery air” (21), and extravagant facades on both the