The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald struggled with some things such as poverty himself so while writing The Great Gatsby he dumped parts of his life into the main character Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses color symbolism for many reasons. The american dream is the idea that all americans should have the equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work and determination. This life only owes you what you work for but unfortunately some people are born with the silver spoon. Color is significant to writers because they use it often to give images of the characters they use, they use it to describe events and to exaggerate scenes in their writings, books. Color gives words a deeper meaning. The colors red, brown, and green in The Great Gatsby show the passion, dirty secrets and longing …show more content…
Gatsby told only the truth no matter what it was tom talked about. Tom knew talking about gatsby's poverty at a young age would crawl under his skin, so he continued to bring up things. The walls flood the room with brown in the hotel tom takes, Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, and Daisy. The brown represents the dirt tom has discovered and revealed about Gatsby’s life. In scenes of The Valley of Ashes, you see a lot of brown, nothing but dirt, dust, and dirty shops and houses. Brown is used representing hard work poverty and secrets of select characters. The Valley of Ashes represents poverty and Uncleanliness. “The eyes see everything” is a quote from the book. It describes that the people who live there are lower class and work hard for there money. Green, represents the longing and strong hopes for something. Many people long for a chance to succeed at something they have wanted or dreamed of for a long time. Not everyone gets the chance to succeed. The green represents the green light at the end of daisy’s dock. In the book gatsby comes back from war and finds himself still longing for daisy’s