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    White * Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water. – pg8 * A cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. -pg9 * The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. –pg10 Red * A cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. –pg9 * We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy colored space. –pg10

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    As learned in the past‚ colors are used in literature to convey themes that aren’t shown through actions or words in the plot. Personally‚ I believe that the use of color imagery provides an in-depth understanding of The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s character is associated with the color green countless times. Green represents hope‚ freedom‚ and growth‚ all of which coincide with Gatsby’s character. By using color imagery‚ Fitzgerald is able to show a side of Gatsby’s personality that is not shown

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    May‚ 2017 The Great Gatsby Essay Symbolic Objects People express themselves in many different ways‚ one way is taking pictures of nature to cope with grief and to express themselves. Like as with “photography is full of symbolism‚ it’s a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image” (Sebastiao Salgado). People use symbolism everyday to help them describe situations. Especially those who are authors‚ like Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. An analysis

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and the film directed by Baz Luhrmann both involve color symbolism relating to setting and costume. Fitzgerald uses green‚ white and yellow/gold in a particular way. For example‚ the color green is used to represent money and envy. In chapter one‚ Nick notices Gatsby “stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way (Fitzgerald 16).” Gatsby is reaching out towards a green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock‚ green represents Gatsby’s desire

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    IB English Gaudy‚ Bogus Yellow Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ a plethora of colors can be found. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s color usage is notorious in The Great Gatsby‚ and the most interesting color play was on the color yellow. Yellow is used in key portions in the book to represent fake‚ superficial‚ and counterfeit things. In comparison‚ gold is used to show purity‚ wealth‚ and grandness. In the modern world‚ money can be associated with three colors: gold‚ green‚ and the occasional yellow. Gold is

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    Quote(with Page reference) Commentary or color analysis Chpt 1 Pg 22 “Inside the crimson room bloomed with light….the lamp-light‚bright on his boots and dull on the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair‚ glinted along….”(22) As Nick enters the room to his cousin living room he is shown a sense of a dark red almost meaning of a content of what is in the room almost like he is used to the high class living of small parties. He mentions the yellow of miss baker hair as if he can see that she is

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    Color Imagery – Yellow Writers often use a variety of literary devices in their literature to relate to the themes of their stories. Imagery is just one of the many that are used to create the structure for the literary pieces. Imagery can be used to form images in the reader’s mind‚ appealing to the human senses. F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the mind behind the American Modernist novel The Great Gatsby‚ uses a specific form of this literary device‚ which is color imagery‚ to make a more meaningful visual

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    Moving on can be a near impossible truth to accept. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ this idea was used to convey a love expressed between two characters. The story was narrated by Nick Carraway‚ a man who became friends with a neighbor by the name of Jay Gatsby. Nick’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and her husband‚ Tom Buchanan‚ lived across the lake from them in a neighborhood referred to as East Egg. As Nick began to know Gatsby‚ he found how he loved the woman across the lake. The novella

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    daisies in their hair felt that the flower made them feel free from guilt‚ sin and corruption. In the story The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Daisy the character) and Daisies (the flowers) are of great significance‚ as well as the colors yellow and white‚ which are sporadically spread throughout the book to define the surroundings of life. Fitzgerald explains the book through what colors mean and symbolize‚ to give a deeper hidden meaning that you have to search for. In the story there is this

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    Color is a drive behind the world. A thing that helps people describe what something is‚ who a person‚ and what kind of person they may be. Color is more than just a look or a style‚ it can describe who a person is beneath the color coat they may wear. Color determines who a person is in many stories and goes deeper than thought. The extensive use of Color is key in The Great Gatsby and helps find out who people really are. Gray is a color used in The Great Gatsby that describes hopelessness

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