... back. The colour white is used throughout the novel, it is a colour often used in life to symbolize purity, and innocence. White is often related to Daisy, such as when Nick first mentions when he sees Daisy at her home in East Egg that Daisy is wearing a white dress. Daisy's clothing always includes white, she has a white car and even regards ... 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." To Nick. White is also used in relation to Tom, who is the ideal ex...

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... Gatsby's character and is used to represent 2 of the main themes in the story: Hope and Money. The introduction to the color green comes at the end of chapter 1, when Nick Carraway sees Jay Gatsby for the first time standing in front of his house. "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from ... East Egg is determined by the financial status of the people who live there "the difference between the wanna be's and those who are rich. This is gathered in Nick's description of the East Egg and the West Egg: " I lived at West Egg, the "well, the le...

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• Grade Level: High School