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She knew that her life would have been better if she had married Gatsby …show more content… “Color Symbolism In The Great Gatsby.” Critical Insights: The Great Gatsby.Ed. Daisy was very discombobulated, she knew that it would be wrong to leave Tom and run off to be with Gatsby. Nick, was the only person who listened to Gatsby, even when he thought Daisy would leave Tom and come back to him, she did not. he was expecting to get married …show more content… The appearance of the color led up to Myrtle’s broken nose, to her death, and it leads on up to Gatsby’s death in the end, “As the color of the blood, it is inevitable associated with the violence caused by the human animals who prey upon Gatsby, what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams.” (Fitzgerald) Everyone in the novel had betrayed Gatsby, everyone except Nick. “Gatsby believed in the green light with such intensity that he did not realize his immature dream was unattainable from the start.”(Fitzgerald) Gatsby, was hoping that his American Dream would come true, it was his inspiration, his hope, and, ironically, his death and downfall. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock is symbolic to the limitless promise of the dream Gatsby pursues. The author utilized the colors white, green, red, blue, yellow, and gold. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby gives the readers a visual image of every character’s life by expressing their feelings the colors are used very often as symbols that depict the person’s character and represents their behavior.
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