'Uses of Color in The Great Gatsby'

'The Great Gatsby is a short clip found roll in the hay taradiddle written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the mid xix twenties. It is loosely based on Fitzgeralds deliver sustenance. Written in a low gear person historical tense style, the bilgewater is viewed through the eyeball of Nick Carraway, a close relay link and neighbor to Gatsby. The story is set in the post arena War 1 era called the godsend twenties, where crime was prevalent, booze was cheap, and the parties were astronomical. While life and scenery in the 1920s was vibrant, Fitzgeralds use of symbol is almost revolutionary, especially when it comes to his use of colors. F. Scott Fitzgerald utilize color to hear qualities and ideals people have, such(prenominal) as lily-liveredness/ silver is admittedly or bullshit wealthiness, smock is purity, elderly is lifelessness/death, and dark-green is life.\nYellow and specious are dickens sides of the same notes but the delicate difference in the Grea t Gatsby is a key gene in collar this novel. You dont know who we are, tell one of the girls in yellow (47). Whenever Fitzgerald introduces a new nature and they are wear a g octogenarian color he identifies it as yellow. This allows the referee to get a better apprehension of a character, whether it is a main or side character. Fitzgerald too used yellow to note when a character was not of true wealth but of fake wealth or someone who isnt old property. But in this quote it identifies a person as wearing gold instead of yellow. With Jordans slim golden arms(47). When Fitzgerald describes Jordan and the yellow material on her arms, he identifies it as gold. This is to tell that Jordan is of true wealth and old money. This knowledge is reinforced because Jordan spent her childhood playing with Daisy and both Jordan and Daisys families were closely tied. Clearly, wealth plays a large role in the Great Gatsby and it helps spy what role it plays and how it affects the no vel.\nFitzgerald uses white to describe what a person is similar rather than his/her ideals. She...'