Color symbolism

of society, even the social elite. The author, Fitzgerald, uses color and symbolism to illustrate his themes of unattainability of the American Dream and social inequality in society. Fitzgerald uses color symbolism throughout the entirety of The Great Gatsby. He primarily uses four colors, yellow, white, gold, and green, to represent character traits or motivations, or just add to the

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. One of the main colors in The Great Gatsby is white. White represents the innocence and purity in the book. Daisy and Jordan are first introduced wearing white. It makes you think

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, readers are introduced to Celie. She is a young, uneducated, and naive girl who, as a consequence, has a submissive nature. Whether out of fear, she follows as she is told with little thought for her wishes and desires, no matter what. For example, “I want her to do what I say, like you do for Pa.”(Walker 63). As she has a submissive nature, readers later understand that that is the only way she knows how to live and it keeps her alive. In The Color Purple, by Alice

Extra-Terrestrial: Color Color is a key factor in every movie. Color attracts our attention and is what the human eyes focus on much more than on any shape or form. Color holds a powerful meaning, it is like a language anyone can understand, from adults, illiterates, to children. Color not only can be seen, but it also triggers a series of emotions to each individual viewer. Fear, sadness, and happiness are some examples color can make you feel. In E.T The Extra-Terrestrial, color is used in an array

Use of Color as a Symbol in Beloved         In Beloved, Toni Morrison portrays the barbarity and cruelty of slavery. She emphasizes the African American’s desire for a new life as they try to escape their past while claiming their freedom and creating a sense of community.  In Beloved, "Much of the characters’ pain occurs as they reconstruct themselves, their families, and their communities after the devastation of slavery" (Kubitschek 115). Throughout the novel, Morrison uses color to symbolically

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is an eye-opening novel that uncovers how women were treated and what they went through. In this novel Celie, a young black, uneducated girl living in the south, is abused her whole life by her stepdad who ends up selling her to another man. That man rapes her and abuses her their whole life together. His son then marries a girl named Sofia, who he abuses also. After the abuse Sofia leaves Harpo and takes their children. A while after Sofia comes back in town she ends

Color symbolism is the use of colors to represent an idea. The use of colors Fitzgerald illustrates is to symbolize Gatsby’s endeavor of the American Dream, in "The Great Gatsby." The colors that we will discuss are gold, yellow, grey, blue, white, and green. Upon hearing the colour gold, we think of wealth and extravagant things. Gold is the colour of royalty and winning. When in a race, first place medals are always in gold and second place is in silver. The colour gold is the colour that the author

The Color Purple is a book that symbolizes the power of strong female friendships. The book never clearly states it, yet all of the women in the book, except for Shug, are fighting for their independence. They want to be strong and free, yet the chains of life are holding them back. For most of the book, Celie, is a powerless being that just goes along with what everyone else wants her to do. She takes the beatings Mr._____ gives her and doesn’t do anything to try to defend herself. She just

Color is a puzzle, once all the pieces to coincide with one another, the hidden message is revealed. The importance of color is essential as a simple color can represent an emotion or symbol related to the story. Writer, Lois Lowry in her novel, “Gathering Blue”, demonstrate the value of color being incorporated into our daily lives by providing a heartwarming story of how each person represents a color needed to bring the whole community together. Lowry’s purpose was to show that colors can identify

The symbolic Use of Color in Beloved   In the novel, Beloved, Toni Morrison uses color to show the reactions of some of the main characters. Color represents many things in the book. Freedom is an example because once the slaves were free, they noticed the beautiful colors all over. They see that the world is not just black and white and two different races, there are many beautiful things that were unnoticed. When Baby Suggs was free, she was able to spread happiness and joy to the