When Jordan was out with Nick and Gatsby, she began to talk about Daisy and Tom’s wedding. To the characters in The Great Gatsby, wearing the color white is to be “an absolute little dream” (Schneider). Throughout the book, Daisy and Jordan strive to become pure by involving themselves with the color white. The color white is not only shown off by Daisy and Jordan, but Tom as well. Here, we see our two female “old money” characters to project an image of purity. Therefore, “raw ivy” is a shade of green that symbolizes a vision for Gatsby’s wealth in the future as he tries to rise in social status by purchasing a …show more content… As the author introduces the characters Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker, from the “old money” society, he describes them sitting on a large couch with white dresses billowing in the breeze (Fitzgerald 12).
When Fitzgerald describes Gatsby’s house he states "A factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn" ( Fitzgerald 5).
The green light is the go signal to his destruction. Despite what Gatsby believes “…green, the light summons Gatsby and his fellow Americans to Go Ahead – to run faster, stretch out our arms farther….” Yet the covert symbolism of the light should by this time be clear green as the mixture of yellow and blue, is once again the tragic commingling of dream and reality (Schneider). At the end of the Buchanan’s dock, there was a green light that Gatsby could see from his house that symbolized his hope for being with Daisy and reliving the past. After Nick Carraway, the narrator, saw Gatsby looking into the Long Island Sound he stated "I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock" (Fitzgerald 25). Throughout the book, green is used between many different characters.
The author uses the color green to symbolize hope, success, money, value, and the envy characters have for one another. In The …show more content… Scott Fitzgerald shows a variety of symbolism within the contrasting of colors. Nick Carraway, the narrator, watches as corruption between many of the characters goes on. Along the way we learn about the lives of the “old money” characters such as Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker and the poor unfortunate characters such as Myrtle and George Wilson. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is willing to do what it takes to be a part of old money and relive the past with his love, Daisy Buchanan. Scott Fitzgerald, is all about the roaring twenties and their American Dream. Within the significance of the author’s word choice readers get a better insight on the symbolism in the novel. Show More In literature authors use symbolism to add or represent meaning that goes beyond what is actually being said.
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