In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald applies many important colors that allude to the personality of his characters. ... Another important color in The Great Gatsby is the color black. ... This unique symbolism demonstrates how much time Fitzgerald put into writing The Great Gatsby and making it understandable to the reader. ... In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald applies many important colors that allude to the personality of his characters. ... This unique symbolism demonstrates how much time Fitzgerald put into writing The Great Gatsby and making it understandable to the reader. ...

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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. ... The initial appearance of the green light occurs when Gatsby is standing in front of his mansion and stretching out his arms to "a single green light, minute and far away that might have been the end of a dock." (22) Fitzgerald symbolizes the green light as the key to reaching Daisy. While on the beach, Gatsby is stretching out his arms to the light as if he will acquire it somehow. ... Fitzgerald uses white to represent innocence and purity. ... In...

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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. ... Revealed through many characters, yellow exemplifies the idea of falsity and corruption in the Great Gatsby. ... 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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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. ... The most important symbol, however, is Gatsby's car. ... Fitzgerald used green most frequently to symbolize Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan. ... In The Great Gatsby, colors are employed throughout the pages to convey impressionistic, but important, images to the reader. ...

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There are numerous characters in The Great Gatsby, many of whom are represented by different colors throughout the book. ... As much as Jay Gatsby's "verandas are gaudy with primary colors," " (p. 40) so too are the pages of The Great Gatsby itself. ... Jay Gatsby was introduced to his future through Dan Cody; it was through this introduction that the formerly poor James Gatz became Jay Gatsby. ... This blue continues through Gatsby's death. ... Fitzgerald hits the reader again, quickly, with an adept play on words when the wind blew the wet laundry. ...

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Fitzgerald's use of Symbolism and Imagery in the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald has used a tremendous amount of symbolism and imagery in The Great Gatsby. ... Green symbolizes many things in The Great Gatsby. ... And if we look at the little details that Gatsby didn't think about we notice that Gatsby is only trying to show that he has "old wealth". ... The green light is a symbol for a reunion with Daisy for Gatsby. This also suggests that Nick is a useful tool for Gatsby to get closer to Daisy as Nick already now's Daisy so he could bring Gatsby to Daisy. ...

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Fitzgerald's use of imagery is brilliant. ... The most prominent color Fitzgerald uses is green. ... It is also probable that Fitzgerald uses green to symbolize money and it's power in society. ... Time is another device Fitzgerald uses throughout the novel. ... Fitzgerald masterfully creates a time symbolism in the scene when Daisy and Gatsby meet for the first time in five years. ...

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Colours are used in a symbolic way throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... Fitzgerald and green and white are the most predominately used colours in this way. ... Gatsby is also searching for success and acceptance within the higher class of the 1920's and money will help him in these aspirations. ... Gatsby. Excuse me"" within these lines the responder gains an idea of corruption or bribery between Gatsby and the policeman which becomes clear when Gatsby says "I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." ...

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In great literature, symbolism is used as a way of strengthening a story. ... Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, color symbolism is used extensively, particularly, the color green. The color green is one of the more prominent colors in The Great Gatsby. ... It was Gatsby's mansion- (p. 9). ... In The Great Gatsby, color symbolism is one of the most important aspects used to develop the main character, Jay Gatsby. ...

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