The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Colors can invoke feelings for people. Certain colors are attached to moods. Red can represent anger, green sometimes represents envy and blue can represent calm or even melancholy. Much art, music, and literature is dependent on color to convey the intended mood of the artist. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, a man with wealth, power, and possessions is on a quest for the dream that he will never attain. He cannot have all that he already has plus the true love of Daisy. Fitzgerald creates his own unique motifs surrounding certain colors and uses these colors to emphasize the futility in Gatsby’s quest for this dream. Through the use

"Never has symbolism played such a crucial part in the very foundation of a novel as it does in Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby." Harold Bloom has written about this book. The author used several types of symbolism in The Great Gatsby. The colours are probably the easiest to be recognized and guessed what they symbolized. According to the definition “symbolism” is "the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships."

The American Dream is a philosophy based off of starting from nothing and achieving family, fortune, and fame. The belief that self-determination and hard work will lead to the attainment of the American Dream is strongly tied with the American culture. This philosophical idea, however, is not portrayed in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is often referred to as one of the “Great American Novels” to date. In terms, a “Great American Novel” should portray an honest and well-remembered character, rather than a character such as Jay Gatsby who achieved his fortune through illegal business and dies without recognition towards the end. Although Gatsby lives a lavish lifestyle that many people fantasize about, Gatsby’s American Dream is never fully fulfilled due to his failure of not having a family, successfully obtaining money the righteous way, and leaving a legacy; therefore, the novel The Great Gatsby, should not be entitled as the “Great American Novel” today.

Many consider The Great Gatsby a beautiful love story. A literary review site, for example, says about Fitzgerald’s most famous work: “The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald 's greatest novel […] Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love”(The Great Gatsby Review). Popular opinion paints Gatsby as such: A man desperate for love, devoid of any evil. But a closer look uncovers a new side of Jay Gatsby because Gatsby, underneath his glorious façade, is a sociopath.

Life is not always what it seems, but is constantly fooled by metaphorical masks people wear. The appearance of many of the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby differs greatly from their actual selves. The use of illusion in the novel is used effectively to portray the nature of people in the 1920 's, and the “artificial” life that is lived in this modern age. There are many incidences in which the appearance of characters is far different than what lurks inside them. Several of these incidences are shown in the appearances of Gatsby himself, Daisy Buchanan, and Gatsby’s true love for Daisy. Gatsby goes through a dramatic transformation from his old self to his new self, even changing his name and buying a faux mansion in

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway tells the story of his life in New York and his encounters with Jay Gatsby. He tells the story of how Gatsby’s death occurred and every event leading up to it. Somehow, everything leads back to three characters; Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan. In the novel, everyone played a role in Gatsby’s death but the person who was most responsible was Daisy with help from Tom and Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby, a novel written in the 1920’s by F. Scott Fitzgerald, generates symbolism of characters through the use of simple diction to create a wild romance built on the past, deceit, mischief, and fraud of personality. Moreover, the setting and its different locations, signifies two distinct ways of life: East, old money, and West, new money. Although the locations are judged by material wealth, the people and their behavior are quite alike. Myrtle Wilson, Daisy Buchanan, purity, and the color white are all symbolic of one another that the author crafts into the plot.

The Great Gatsby, a story told by Nick Carraway, centers around the mysterious Jay Gatsby, Nick 's extremely wealthy neighbor. Gatsby throws gigantic parties every week for the other rich inhabitants of New York’s East and West eggs. Nick eventually becomes friends with Gatsby and learns he throws the parties to attract the attention of his lost love Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby pursues Daisy which eventually leads to his downfall. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby goes through the hero quest by leaving his normal world, experiencing an event sending him on his quest, and proving himself worthy in order to achieve his reward, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.

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People handle the two matters of love and avarice interchangeably; however, there is a significant difference between them. In his 1925 novel of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes Jay Gatsby’s pursuance of Daisy Fay and the immorality of her husband, Tom Buchanan, delving into distinctions between love and avarice. Love carries along a sense of care, worry, and responsibility, whereas avarice is an expression of greed for opportunity and privilege. A person with economic stability and longevity has a secure life, not having to worry about making enough money to survive, find shelter, and pay for food. These people live grand luxurious lifestyles. The author portrays the main characters’ pursuit of economic stability and longevity through his play on words and interpretations of a person’s class, wealth, and reputation, ultimately suggesting that one of a lower status will use another’s social standing to achieve material gains.

Depending on where a person is in life, that person’s idea of what the American Dream is could be completely different in meaning than another person’s idea of what it is. In the book, The Great Gatsby, by, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream is represented by three different places, East Egg, West Egg, and The Valley of Ashes. All three of these places in the novel represent different views of what the American Dream is by the people living in these places, the looks of the people and the cities, and the types of jobs or things people do with their time in these places. There are many colors used to show the ambiance of the towns. The people described living in the town in the book are not similar in morals or appearance and the American Dream is shown in the people and appearance of these three places. The East Egg and West Egg represent the American Dream; West Egg portrays the American Dream while East Egg is the perfect example of what the dream actually is and the Valley of Ashes represents fading dreams and showing what the reality of trying to achieve the American Dream is.

In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is exemplified through many symbols and idols. Fitzgerald uses cars to represent wealth, success, status, and glamour. As Friedrich Nietzsche states, “There are more idols in the world than there are realities.” Nietzsche’s quote shows how idols and symbols are used to create impressions. Images are powerful and set a stage for others to judge one’s character, enabling human beings to avoid seeing what realities are. Idols are potent enough to mask the truth. In the novel, despite Gatsby 's own insecurities, he is viewed as an idol in society. Idols impact and influence Gatsby’s life and those living around him. Gatsby’s car represents an idol, illustrating his wealth, capturing attention, creating impressions, and covering misconceptions throughout life in the West Egg.

The American Dream has been around for years, and is forever changing. However, its basic principles of determination and purpose have always been around, except during the 1920s when they had become corrupted. This idea was shown throughout The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story gives great insight into what life was like during the 1920s from the characters’ perspectives. Through Gatsby’s lavish lifestyle, the readers get to see what the ultimate goal was for the American people at the time. However, what he had was not enough for him since all he ever wanted was to earn Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s dream was symbolized through the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, which he use to stare at night. Fitzgerald uses the green light to compare Gatsby’s hopeless quest for Daisy’s heart to the unobtainable, corrupted American Dream. He does this by showing how obsessed the characters are with having a life like Gatsby’s, and by having him die at the end of the novel without having achieved his dream.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takesplace in the 1920's a time when people were wild and prohibition was a thing of the past. Where a love affairintertwines the characters and leads to three tragic deaths. In the story, Gatsby and Tom's money is very important because it is what builds their characters’ personalities. For instance new money compared to the old. Where new money lives uneducated about the importance of “keeping rich”. Whereas old money has learned the rules of the rich life throughout their lives. If the source of their money’s whereabouts was unknown the story would not come together. Therefore the book would not makesense. Tom and Gatsby's money is important because money is their motivation to win the heart of Daisy. While money helps Tom give her security; Gatsby’s offers her a life of unknown and a life of what could have been. Even though they share different interests with their money they also have some similarities.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides a dark and pessimistic outlook into the American life style in 1922. Jay Gatsby, an American wealthy social identity, appears to have it all. But wealth, stature and an extravagant lifestyle seems not to be enough for Gatsby; he still yearns for his old idealistic love Daisy. In an ideal world this has the making of a great love story with a happy ending, but Fitzgerald chose to carry the story as a reflection of the American era the book is set in. An era consumed by appearances and excess and overall pursuit of the American dream.