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The Great Gatsby's Color Symbolism
Title: The Great Gatsby's Color Symbolism
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 961 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Great Gatsby's Color Symbolism
The Hidden Story in Green and White
Color symbolism is really popular in novels written during the 1920’s. One such example is Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. There is much color symbolism in this novel, but there are two main colors that stand out more than the others. The colors green and white influence the story greatly. Green shows many thoughts, ideas, attitudes, and choices that Gatsby has throughout the story. White represents …showed first 75 words of 961 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 961 total…white symbolizes a mask, or a façade. It allows the characters to portray themselves as a whole other person and hide who they really are. This puts a piece of reality into the story, as everyone wears a white mask of some kind to hide his or her true self from the world. It is the unsubtle clues given to the reader that are fascinating and allow a person to relate to the characters.
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