Color Symbolism In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

His bright yellow Rolls Royce conveys his newly found affluence and the corruption in his wealth. This car is the first foreign car in the entire novel, which shows how Gatsby is different and does not fit in with the Buchanan and wealthy, whose money has been inherited. In addition, his car is yellow,which is another one of his efforts to display his material wealth in order to attract his ultimate dream: Daisy. #10 Also, in the rest novel, yellow, compared to gold, symbolizes falseness and corruption. Gatsby’s yellow car exemplifies the fact that he made his money bootlegging liquor and and other dishonest deals.

Yellow being the color of gold, which symbolizes money, is an accurate representation of his wealth. The color yellow separates the rich individuals, such as Tom and Daisy, from the color green run-down individuals, such as Jay Gatsby. Gold and green used in the book thus contrastingly symbolize old wealth and new riches. The color yellow also represents positive and wealthy future which is why yellow is the center of a daisy. Tom’s greed for money is increasingly at peak throughout the book.

However, in The Great Gatsby a witness says, “‘It was a yellow car,’ he said. ‘Big yellow car.’” (Fitzgerald 147), talking about the car that killed Myrtle. This shows that the colors yellow and gold are symbolizing how Gatsby and many others could not achieve the American Dream because of the corruption of the Earth, The rich and their dreams ultimately lead to consequences and death. This proves that the colors gold and yellow show the bigger picture of the reality of the green color of hopes and

Everyone has the opportunity to live the American dream--to achieve success and find happiness by working hard--however, those who take their opportunities for granted will not live the life they hoped for. Specifically, colors can be used to represent the American dream in The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The color gray is used to symbolize the valley of ashes; the dark outcome of being in a low social class. Gatsby’s loss of hope is signified by the green light displayed on Daisy’s house. Yellow and gold symbolize the irony between real wealth and false money. All these colors represent the lost opportunities of success and happiness resulting in a tragedy. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses colors to reveal how the American Dream can be misconstrued leaving devastating results.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, exposes the corruption and greed of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald is able to captivate readers' attentions through his employment of color symbolism. Fitzgerald portrays important messages in the novel by his symbolic use of colors. Colors play an important role in Fitzgerald’s descriptions of the lives of Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway and many of the other characters in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the colors white, yellow, and green to express certain sentiments to the reader, commenting what is going on in the story. Fitzgerald uses the color white to symbolize purity and innocence, while yellow is used to symbolize moral decay, and death. Green is used to represent hope and

First, the novel utilizes vast amounts of color symbolism to create a beautiful pictures in the readers’ minds and to convey various meanings. For example, Fitzgerald writes or Nick writes, “...I glanced seaward-and distinguished except a single green light…” (Fitzgerald 21). The green light symbolizes as a signal for Gatsby to go to Daisy and to at last be reunited with her. The green light can also symbolize jealousy as it is commonly symbolized in various novels and in media. The reason why the green light can also symbolize jealousy is due to the East Egg coming from old money which Gatsby did not have the privilege to be brought up on, and as the light is located at Daisy’s home which is moreso Tom’s, the green light also symbolizes his

“It was a rich cream color, bright and there in it’s monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” Gatsby has a yellow bright car to show Daisy that he is very wealthy.The yellow symbolises the idea of gold, wealth, and the pursuit of the American dream. Gatsby wants to stand out from everybody else and he thinks a good way to do that is by having a bright

Gatsby’s world was filled with the yellow of corruption. He drove a yellow Rolls-Royce, the car that caused the death of Myrtle Wilson. At his lavish parties on West Egg Island, yellow cocktail music played as hordes of guests, including two girls in twin yellow dresses took part in illegal drinking and promiscuity. Jay Gatsby had mob ties in the city of Chicago, and when Nick returned to the Midwest, the sight of the murky yellow cars of Chicago rooted itself in his memory. Gatsby was a man who knew what he wanted and did not care to do whatever it took to acquire it. He would resort to terrible activities such as bootlegging and lies. He did anything to get the wealth that he thought would win over Daisy Buchanan. Fittingly, the last time Gatsby was seen alive, he "disappeared among the yellowing trees (167)."

While reading, the reader can notice how the author continuously uses the color yellow as symbolism. We can see that in the color of Gatsby’s car. In addition, we can see it in Doctor T.J. Eckleburg’s glasses and we can see it in Myrtle Wilson’s eyes.

The color Gold use used widely throughout the book to show richness, happiness and success. People noticed at Gatsby's parties that even the "turkeys bewitched to a dark gold" (Fitzgerald 41). Gatsby’s parties were extravagant and exploited the theme of luxury by the use of his sensed of materialism. Yellow was used throughout the story to show corruption. It is ironic how Gatsby’s car, the car that killed myrtle, was yellow and the newspapers described it as “the death car”, the car that “Didn't stop [and] wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend” (Fitzgerald 137). Another significant color to the story is green which depicts the theme of hope. The “green light at the end of Daisy's dock” shows a sign of hope because every night Gatsby would look out at the light across the bay that represented everything he hoped for but couldn’t have (Fitzgerald

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” Our sense of sight gives us a chance to see colors and these colors give us vivid insight into the world as Wassily Kandinsky explains here. We use colors to signify emotions and ideas around us and this is exactly what F. Scott Fitzgerald uses them for in The Great Gatsby. He uses a large array of colors such as green, to represent hope, gold , to represent wealth, and white to represent innocence and purity. These help push forward the importance of wealth, dreams, and to support the description of Gatsby’s dream girl Daisy.

Colors are used every day in the world around us. Often, colors are used to interpret different images and develop a deeper meaning. During the 1920s, the world began to be occupied with colors that epitomized new ideas and new beliefs. These new ideas and beliefs throughout the roaring 20s were established off of status, as people began to enjoy life more. Out of these ideas, came pieces of literature such as Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby that embraced the new idea of colors being used to develop a deeper meaning. In his novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald utilizes varying colors such as yellow, white, and pink to serve as symbols representing the progression of Gatsby and the pursuit of his dream much like the pursuit of status for

Gatsby refers to a green light across the bay which illuminates from Daisy’s house. “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay” said Gatsby. “You always have been a green light that burns all night at the end of the dock” (98). The Green light represents Gatsby’s American Dream. Everything that haunts and beckons Gatsby; his physical and emotional distance from Daisy and him. It also represents a gap between the past and the promise of the future. Gatsby comparing daisy to a green light that can be seen but never achieved provides of us evidence that Fitzgerald believes the American Dream as something to strive for but can rarely be achieved. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s car is the color yellow. From the outside this seems like an insignificant detail but if observed closer can tell a story about Fitzgerald's view the AMerican Dream. “How do you like this one? Inquired Tom. ‘I bought it last week’ it’s a nice yellow one, said Wilson as he strained at the handle” (130). Yellow is a very similar color to gold and at a distance can even be mistaken for gold. THis shows that even though Gatsby has bettered himself in his financial status over the past 5 years but his success in his American Dream is still false and fake. From the outside he has it all but without Daisy his dream is empty and

Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald’s use of symbolism helps create an ambiance of longing. He dominantly uses color to represent and convey specific messages to the reader. These colors are woven so seamlessly into the story that one would not think very much of them. However, they play a large role in shaping the novel. Fitzgerald uses yellow to represent money, and Gatsby’s desire to be included among the elite “old money” social class. His longing is shown through his yellow car and his yellow suit. Although yellow represents a major aspect of the novel, the green light at the end of Daisy’s pier holds the most significance. When Nick says, “Gatsby believed in the green light … ” (Fitzgerald 180), he is referring to Gatsby’s American Dream and how he believed that he would one day be reunited with Daisy. Green expresses the same feelings

Color plays an important role in life as well in literature. Oftentimes color is used symbolically as it is in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The green light that Gatsby’s world revolves around or the pure white that Daisy and Jordan wear when they are first introduced, along with the flashy yellow of Gatsby’s car, all have a deeper meaning. Gatsby himself clues the reader in to his mood by the various color suits he wears. Undoubtedly color symbolism plays an important role throughout the novel The Great Gatsby.