The Color Green In The Great Gatsby

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There are a lot of colors that could be used to describe the characters in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, but one that really stands out is the color green. The color green is most represented by money, hope, and fertility. By describing someone by using the color green, it could be said that they have high self-respect and well-being. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses green a lot in the money side of the color. Green could also mean learning, growth and harmony, which is seen some of the time in The Great Gatsby. The color green is also described as the color of balance and is designated as the safe color. Fitzgerald uses the color green to describe Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. The color green describes…show more content…
One thing that Daisy loves more than anything is money. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy is associated with money more than anything else. “While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher-shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue” (Fitzgerald 92). Daisy was mesmerized by what she could of had in this quote. If she had stayed with Jay Gatsby, she would of been rich beyond her wildest dreams, and at this point in the book, she realizes this fact. This is why she breaks down crying over extravagant and expensive shirts. She also does not care who it is with so to speak. As long as it is the best deal for her, Daisy would be happy with anybody! Another trait that the color green is used to depict is fertility, and this describes Daisy very well. “If you want to kiss me any time during the evening, Nick, just let me know and I’ll be glad to arrange it for you. Just mention my name. Or present a green card.” (Fitzgerald 104). The biggest red flag is that Daisy kisses and is emotionally involved with Jay Gatsby, while being married to Tom. She also comes across as a very flirty character and frequently shows interest in other…show more content…
“The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens-finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.” (Fitzgerald 6). This quote pretty much sums up Tom from a financial standpoint. He just likes being rich for the sake of being rich. Money is not the only thing though that the color green is used to describe Tom as. Fertility would be another huge one because just like his wife, he is also having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. “The rumor is,” whispered Jordan, “that that’s Tom’s girl on the telephone” (Fitzgerald 116). Tom has been cheating on Daisy for quite some time, and by now everyone knows about it. It is pretty clear that Tom knows that Daisy knows, but it seems like he still tries very hard to hide it from
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