Symbols in The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is based on a man named Jay Gatsby and his
idealistic infatuation to a girl named Daisy that he met while he was young.
Gatsby was not of a wealthy family and therefore Daisy would not marry him.
Gatsby devoted his life to getting what he needed to win Daisy. After the
war Gatsby became a bootlegger to attain what he needed to win Daisy. In
the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses various colors, objects, and
gestures as symbols to portray the lack of moral and spiritual values of
people and the different aspects of society in the 1920's. The colors
which are spread throughout the novel are green, white, gold, and others.
F. Scott Fitzgerald provides a social commentary on the 1920's in this
novel. The Great Gatsby is an important American novel and not just a mere
historical document depicting life in the 1920's. Like other writers of
the 20's Fitzgerald was fascinated by the spectacle of what had become of
the American Dream and how it had become corrupted by greed
andmaterialistic possessions.
At the end of Chapter One, Nick catches Gatsby stretching his arms
out towards a green light. At the time it is not revealed to us that this
is the light at the end of Daisy's dock.
he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far
as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I
glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light,
minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (Fitzgerald
26)
Throughout the novel Fitzgerald emphasizes the color green as a
promise of hope. Through Gatsby this promise is corrupted by the means
that he tries to attain it. By attaining material wealth to win Daisy,
Gatsby also shows the corruption of the American Dream.
In the beginning of Chapter Two, Fitzgerald describes the huge
billboard that watches over the Valley of Ashes.
The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic---their
retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a
pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose.
She turned her face seaward to gather in an impression of space and solitude, which the vast expanse of water, meeting and melting with the moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy. As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.
The use of a green light at the end of a landing stage to signal a romantic
Color symbolism is popular in novels written during the 1920’s. One such example is Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. There is much color symbolism in this novel, but there are two main colors that stand out more than the others. The colors green and white influence the story greatly. Green shows many thoughts, ideas, attitudes, and choices that Gatsby has throughout the story. White represents the stereotypical façade that every character is hiding behind.
In novels, the use of symbols makes the story interesting and essential to the readers. Symbols are messages that the author uses to communicate with the reader for a deeper understanding, although sometimes it can only be discovered if analyzed. Fitzgerald connects the different symbols throughout the novel to pinpoint an elaborate meaning towards the story yet it does indicate a pleasant meaning. A symbol such as “color” or “money” can be less complex than it seems. Whereas a symbol as complicated as the “eye” can mean more than it’s suggested for. Throughout The Great Gatsby symbolism represent color, the existence of eyes and money.
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Instead of choosing only one symbol for the book cover I chose two symbols. The first symbol is Gatsby’s books and the second one is the green light at the end of the dock. It would have been difficult to explain why I chose Gatsby’s books as my first choice so I added a second one in the form of the green light. I chose Gatsby’s books to be part of my book cover because they represent Gatsby very well. The pages of the books have not been cut which means they haven’t been read, they were just there for show and for nothing else. It’s also as Owl eyes said to Nick and Jordan about Gatsby, “he is nothing more than a fraud.” Gatsby did lie about most of his life and about how he got most of his money. I also chose it because the books would be
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2- To the quote "So we beat on boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past, that Fitzgerald wanted the reader to follow his or her dreams''. What did you get from that quote?
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