Michael Gregory
Mrs. Richardson
English 3, period 3
Jan. 09, 2017
Flag on the play!
In this book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald finds many ways to use symbolism by comparing colors to people. Every chapter in this book uses colors in connection to at least 1 of the characters. Fitzgerald also u ses the colors but never really specifies the name of the color. "When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow" (Fitzgerald, p. 166). The colors he uses are green for jealousy and blue for sadness, red for anger and etc. The color white stands for the innocence and fairness, yellow stands for corrupt and nasty, and gold stands for the richness and success that the people on the East Egg have. Fitzgerald usually …show more content…
He acts all nice to everyone and tries to put a good image of himself out there to everyone, but once you really get to know him he’s not very friendly. “The idea is that we don't look out the white race will … utterly submerged.” (Fitzgerald, p. 13). What Tom is talking about by “The White Race” is he means the people of the West Egg. It seems as if he is afraid that the people that actually work for their money will rise to the social level of people like Tom. Thing is, with people like Tom, they will eventually rub off on others. Like Daisy, for instance, she is all peace and purity when she was young and in the prime time of her life; Basically, she got treated as a golden child. “She dressed in white and had a little white roadster” (Fitzgerald, p. 74). But when she marries Tom and gets to the rich life, she becomes more and more corrupt. Now that Daisy is living the dream life, she uses the colors white and gold to her advantage like most of the people in the West Egg do. Just because they are wearing white or they fit the description of gold, they think that it is alright to use the color as an excuse to do something ridiculous and childish. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy–they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together…(Fitzgerald, p. 187-188).” Gatsby always wants the peace and purity that the people on East Egg have,
Mrs. Richardson
English 3, period 3
Jan. 09, 2017
Flag on the play!
In this book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald finds many ways to use symbolism by comparing colors to people. Every chapter in this book uses colors in connection to at least 1 of the characters. Fitzgerald also u ses the colors but never really specifies the name of the color. "When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow" (Fitzgerald, p. 166). The colors he uses are green for jealousy and blue for sadness, red for anger and etc. The color white stands for the innocence and fairness, yellow stands for corrupt and nasty, and gold stands for the richness and success that the people on the East Egg have. Fitzgerald usually …show more content…
He acts all nice to everyone and tries to put a good image of himself out there to everyone, but once you really get to know him he’s not very friendly. “The idea is that we don't look out the white race will … utterly submerged.” (Fitzgerald, p. 13). What Tom is talking about by “The White Race” is he means the people of the West Egg. It seems as if he is afraid that the people that actually work for their money will rise to the social level of people like Tom. Thing is, with people like Tom, they will eventually rub off on others. Like Daisy, for instance, she is all peace and purity when she was young and in the prime time of her life; Basically, she got treated as a golden child. “She dressed in white and had a little white roadster” (Fitzgerald, p. 74). But when she marries Tom and gets to the rich life, she becomes more and more corrupt. Now that Daisy is living the dream life, she uses the colors white and gold to her advantage like most of the people in the West Egg do. Just because they are wearing white or they fit the description of gold, they think that it is alright to use the color as an excuse to do something ridiculous and childish. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy–they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together…(Fitzgerald, p. 187-188).” Gatsby always wants the peace and purity that the people on East Egg have,