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The Great Gatsby

 

He states," I've got a man in England who buys me clothes. .
             He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall." (Pg. 97) Again this is reassuring the reader, as well as the characters that Gatsby is a famous man of money and power. In the 1920's many people would get their clothes from tailors and dressmakers or they would be made at home. Unlike Gatsby, who has men from England sending him the latest fashion trends. .
             Gatsby begins to flaunt his shirts to Daisy and Nick. He had shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel. All of which at that time I assume, were all expensive garments. A diversity of colors he had, in order to suit the proper occasion. He had shirts with stripes, scrolls and plaids in all shades. From coral, apple green, lavender, orange to blue, Gatsby had everything imaginable to fit his mood. Colors are vividly used in The Great Gatsby. They were used to symbolize many things from the green light across the bay to Gatsby's white mansion. All of the clothes described in the passage seem to have an attractive, eye-catching quality to them. People are attracted to these colors. Green apples are green on the outside but white on the inside. This can be used to symbolize the green grass Daisy walks across when she meets Gatsby for the first time. A daisy has pure white petals and a yellow center. Daisy portrays herself to be pure and innocent, but on the inside s!.
             he is not as pure as she may seem. When Nick meets Daisy and Jordan, they are both dressed in white, trying to appear pure. As Nick becomes more in with them, their dresses become creamy, then yellow or gold. Blue can represent the water that separates Gatsby and Daisy across the bay. Blue also stands for royalty to an extent. This signifies Gatsby's high standards in society as one of which a King might have. A lot of the light colors represent dreams or goals. Like all the bright yellow lights lit in Gatsby's white mansion at the beginning of chapter five.


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