Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby" is a novel describing what Jay Gatsby goes through in a vain attempt to regain his long lost love, Daisy. ... Fitzgerald uses green and white repetitively throughout the story to symbolize the meaning of the novel. First, Fitzgerald uses a green light at the end of Daisy's dock, which becomes the key image in the story. ... Fitzgerald uses white to represent innocence and purity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

F. Scott Fitzgerald describes Nick Carraway's first visit to Gatsby's party as an extravagant, gaudy social meeting that creates feelings of liveliness and excitement in the reader by using visual imagery and hyperbole. ... Another hyperbole Fitzgerald uses to describe the crowd at the party is that they exchanged "introductions forgotten on the spot." ... Through Fitzgerald's proper use of visual imagery and hyperbole, the reader is indeed given a very precise impression of wealth and extravagance, excitement and liveliness at Jay Gatsby's party. ...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald used the imagery of colours in his book The Great Gatsby. ... To Gatsby, Daisy represents innocence and purity; however, Fitzgerald uses different shades of white to hide her corruption. ... On the other hand, Fitzgerald portrays the way of life in West Egg as a wretched place when "four solemn men dressed in suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. ... Fitzgerald used green most frequently to symbolize Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the "roaring twenties" depicts the post-war generation of the newly rich and wannabes, whose extravagant lifestyles center around parties, wealth and affairs. Fitzgerald fronts his storyline with the idea of success, money and love that comes from the newly rich. ... Fitzgerald tries to stress the depravation of the actions Daisy takes after the accident. ... Fitzgerald fixates on the comparative idea of color and concept. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In great literature, symbolism is used as a way of strengthening a story. Symbolism is also used to enhance the conflict of main characters in a story. By using certain colors to symbolize these characters, their true selves can be seen without the author having to come right out and say what the...

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• Grade Level: High School

Explain the significance of the symbolism [green light, white, ect.] and how it can be linked to technique and meaning. Colours are used in a symbolic way throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott. Fitzgerald and green and white are the most predominately used colours in this way. The ...

• Word Count: 679
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School