White Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

Colors can tell someone an abundance of information on a topic because of the color’s warmth or the object it is most commonly seen in. Fitzgerald uses colors to further explain the meaning behind the symbols in his novel, “The Great Gatsby”. The novel is set in the 1920s in which the new rich came about. In Fitzgerald’s novel, the new rich, the old rich, and the working class socialize and create chaos; further explaining the thought that different social classes should not interact. The author Fitzgerald uses green to symbolize hope, white to depict innocence, and yellow to detect materialism and decay. Throughout his novel, “The Great Gatsby”, Fitzgerald’s use of color imagery conveys a theme.

Individuals perpetuate false personas to such an extent that they are convinced into a state of false consciousness of reaching the American dream, ultimately, this facade leads them to their downfall, exposing repressed reality from idealistic lies. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes symbols to describe the hollow nature of each character’s deceitful persona, which comes to show the ultimate theme of downfall through the individual’s perception of the American dream. The use of gold as a mask for the colour yellow represents authentic wealth versus fake wealth, further developed though Jay Gatsby’s pursuance of the American dream. The colour white known for is purity and simplicity is denoted by Daisy Buchanan, a character who represses the reality in which she lives, insinuated by her change in surroundings. Furthermore, the character of Myrtle Wilson, showcases her greed for wealth and her need of a rich-husband as an American dream, symbolized by the surrounding colour of grey, a representation of her veneer-rich persona.

The color white is one of the clearest examples of deceivery in the novel because of its role in covering up and blurring the truth. Many characters in the novel display this theme. Daisy is most closely associated to the color white because of her effort to appear innocent and pure. Daisy wears white clothes and decorates her house in white to hide the scandal and lies that is her real life. Tom also displays the color white, not through his clothes, but through his behavior. Tom is a raging racists clearly shown when he says, “if we don’t look out for the white races we will be utterly submerged”(P.13). Tom associates the color white with superiority and dominance not only in regards to race, but also in regards to money. His pride and

In the Great Gatsby however partying, easy money and the absence of God corrupts this dream. During the 1920s God was believed to not be present. People believed God just sat back and watched things unravel. When a man named Wilson said “God sees everything” (160) someone replied with “That’s an advertisement”(160). A symbol for God in Fitzgerald’s books is a billboard ad for eye glasses. This billboard had large yellow glasses, blue eyes but no nose or face, named TJ Eckleburg. TJ Eckleburg was always present and watching everything that happened but that’s all he did, he never took action, much like God. Gatsby conserves many of his connections in order to maintain his luxury lifestyle. When speaking to Nick, Gatsby mentions one of his rather big “gonnections”, Mr. Wolfsheim. Gatsby explains “He the man who fixed the world series back in 1919”(73). Fitzgerald allows us to see Gatsby’s corrupt achievement through a false sense of pride. This lets the reader understand completely that Gatsby as well as the American dream are corrupt. When Gatsby reveals a shadier side of how he came into his wealth with Wolfsheim, Fitzgerald foreshadows a theme of corruption late in the story. Therefore Gatsby’s craving for love and money finally disassembles his life

People in America love to have a great deal of money. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby always wants to have money, and he finally gets it. Gatsby has parties to try to get Daisy to come to his house. Gatsby tell Nick to tell Daisy to come to Nick’s house without her husband. Gatsby finallys shows his big house off to Daisy and thinks he will win her love back again just because he has money. Gatsby’s plan do not work out. Fitzgerald uses symbols in The Great Gatsby to show how things are going wrong in America.

The author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, reveals the issues of money, happiness, and the unattainable which separated the privileged and unprivileged. Fitzgerald hints to the reader numerous times of the issues of money and how it can ultimately affect a character's life. The main character of The Great Gatsby, demonstrate the struggle of the 20s and how somethings can be within arms reach but cannot be grasped. All throughout the novel, Jay Gatsby, struggles to keep, Daisy Buchanan, the woman he loves, happy enough. Due to the separation of money, Gatsby is identified as a man of “new money”, this makes it hard for Gatsby to achieve his dream of reuniting with Daisy. The color green is used to show Gatsby’s dream and how he struggles to obtain the unobtainable. He hints poverty and hopelessness through the color gray. The author presents the color white in order to expose the true nature of Daisy Buchanan and the privileges of living in the west egg. Fitzgerald uses colors to symbolize the inequality between social classes of the 1920s, ultimately proving that money does not guarantee happiness.

Daisy’s car, clothes, and rooms were white. Though most of the adjectives used to describe Daisy included “white” (for example, “white girlhood”, “white neck”, and “high in a white palace”), she was not always pure, especially towards the end of the novel. This could be symbolic of the fact that even the most virtuous characters in The Great Gatsby were depraved. Examples of white included “They were both in white” (pg. 13), “Our white childhood was passed together there. Our beautiful white.” (pg. 24), and "On the white steps an obscene word, scrawled by some boy with a piece of brick, stood out clearly in the moonlight, and I erased it" (p.

Color throughout history has been used to represent a variety of things. From social class to individuality, color has played an important role in identifying people or objects. Color holds a great amount of symbolic value, not only in real world situations but also in novels and visual art. Much like how color in the real world can demonstrate wealth or style, color within The Great Gatsby symbolizes important factors of the text. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color in association with characters, objects and the world in order to give the text deeper, symbolic meaning.

Black shows up subtly and slowly leads to a climatic end. The color black can symbolize many things, but in this case it symbolizes mystery and death( Incredible Art Department). Mystery fills Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. There is always something that leads to wonder and speculation of what will happen next. Sadly, that speculation winds up leading to misconceptions and death. Wilson becomes corrupt after losing everything and says, “God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!” Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night” (Gatsby 159-160). Speculation causes many to believe Wilson has just lost his humanity and wonder what will happen next. Not only does something happen, but it is an event that will wind the story down to nothing because it is so shocking. Wilson leaves to go to West Egg where Gatsby lives. Fitzgerald

Colors are an essential part of the world around us. They can convey messages, expressing that which words do not. Gentle blue tones can calm a person and bright yellows can lift the spirits. If an artist is trying to express sorrow or death he often uses blacks blues, and grays basically he uses dreary colors. Without one word, a driver approaching a red traffic light knows to stop. Colors are representative of many things. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism throughout as a major device in thematic and character development. He uses colors to symbolize the many different intangible ideas in the book. Throughout the book characters, places, and objects are given "life" by colors, especially the more

Color imagery in The Great Gatsby is vital to the books storyline. If there was no color imagery then the reader could not associate a certain person or thing with a color or idea. Fitzgerald uses the color so people can remember the person more than just their name. The use of color imagery greatly impacts the story line.

The color white is associated with purity and innocence. Gatsby and Nick, the main male characters in the story, can be affiliated with this

Fitzgerald discreetly uses the pure color white to cover up the lack of purity within Daisy. Jordan Baker tells Nick, “When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before.” At the time, nobody knew that the lieutenant with her was actually Jay Gatsby, which made the situation very suspicious. The mentioning of her white roadster reminds the reader that Daisy may seem pure and innocent on the outside, but she is holding dark secrets within herself.

Another major symbol in this novel is the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. These are a pair of spectacles painted on an old billboard in the Valley of Ashes. The significant aspect is that this symbol only has meaning when other characters instill it with meaning. The eyes represent a higher power looking over the

America in the 1920s was characterized by wealth and prosperity as the American economy soared in the light of what Fitzgerald called “the Jazz Age.” This era was characterized by flamboyant women and extravagant scenery while new money flowed through the country. The 1920s is said to be one of the most exciting and prosperous eras in history prior to The Great Depression. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, showed the strive of the American people to acquire wealth and social status in order to be deemed successful. The story is told through the eyes of a man named Nick Carraway, who found himself rather infatuated with the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby, who was Nick's neighbor and friend. Throughout the book, we find that Gatsby is in love with Nick’s cousin, Daisy Buchanan, who is married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy yet unfaithful man. Tom has an affair with a poor and desperate woman named Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the Valley of Ashes with her husband George Wilson. These characters encounter many struggles and mysterious confrontations as the book goes on, and some find themselves so desperate for wealth and fortune it takes over their lives. In this book, each character is symbolized by a certain color that describes their social class and moral values. Color symbolism is one of the most important features of this book because it truly helps us get to know and understand each character and their worth. Some of the most important colors shown in this