Yellow Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

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The last color that can be associated with Gatsby is yellow. Yellow has many different meanings, but warning and corruption were two meanings that Fitzgerald used them as. Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby based on the misfortune of Jay Gatsby, and Fitzgerald liked to warn the readers many times with the use of yellow throughout the book. In one instance, Fitzgerald described a billboard with a picture of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg’s face, and on his face are yellow-rimmed glasses. Fitzgerald tied this with Gatsby by having Nick look at Eckleburg’s glasses and remembering that Gatsby warned them about the low amount of gasoline in his car (Fitzgerald 122). Another example where Fitzgerald warned the readers with yellow was right before the
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