The Symbolism Of Color In The Great Gatsby

Part I of Essay
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is filled with symbolism of every kind. Light and dark play a large role in the development of The Great Gatsby. There are also a great deal of time references. Time is used to show things that go beyond what is apparent in The Great ....

Part II of Essay
.... car and dresses in white. "She [Daisy] dressed in white, and had a little white roadster…" (p. 75) She also dresses her daughter in white. Even in Daisy’s name we see white. The Daisy is a white and yellow flower. Daisy also often became physically white. "His [Gatsby’s] heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own." (p. 112) It is obvious that Daisy is a very white character. As far as purity goes Daisy spends a great deal of time trying to appear pure with her white possessions. Perhaps she is pure to some extent ....