CHAPTER TWO

In the novel The Great Gatsby colors symbolize many things such as the characters through out the novel and they also show there moods and feelings. For Example different characters are different colors, Gatsby is green , Daisy is blue, Tom is Red. All of these color choices represent something in that characters personality. Daisy is the color blue , because it represents how sad inside she is. Tom is red because he is bold , and confident and red shows this in his personality. Color in this chapter is very significant to the rest of the novel, color really defines how a person is. It shows that what a person is wearing , or what color is best associated with them could tell their emotions.123



QUOTES


"occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track..."(27) This quote is one example of color in this chapter, its showing how the color is like a dark, and sad color.

"blue and gigantic their retinas are one yard high"(27). This is showing how blue is used throughout this chapter, as sad but bold.

"When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes"(29). This quote is comparing damp, and wet to the color blue.

"A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair..."(30). This is showing that white can also be a sad , short of gloomy color.

Analysis

During chapter two of the novel, there are a lot of statements concerning colors. Also the colors represent the characters emotions and personalities. Some colors such as blue , and gray mean sad, or gloomy. Colors like red and gold can mean bold or wealthy. Throughout the novel you learn who is which color , but in chapter two you learn that Tom Buchanan is the color red, because he is both bold and wealthy. A statements in chapter two of the novel is "occasionaly a line of gray cars crawls along an invisiable track..."(27). Another statement in chapter two revering to color is blue and gigantic their retinas are on yard high"(27). A third statement in the second chapter used be Fitzgerald is "When he saw us a damp of gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes"(29). That is just three of many statements about color used be Fitzgerald in chapter two.