Gold In The Great Gatsby

“The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald is a story about a man whom went from being poor to someone full of wealth just to find his beloved who he lost five years ago. His search led him into his lover's arms and later led to his death. The colors that are used in the story have meaning behind each of them. The colors gold and silver are used to symbolize someone’s riches. Fitzgerald uses the color silver and gold to establish the idea of wealth, trophies, and awards.
In the story using the words silver and gold shows an unnecessary amount of wealth of that certain person or thing. Daisy said to Tom, “ if you want to take down my addresses here’s my little gold pencil.” The quote signifies that even if it's simply just a pencil it is gold to those who have tons of wealth. Another example is, “ His bedroom was the simplest room of all-except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.” This is an example of Gatsby’s wealth because he is showing off the money he spent on that house to impress Daisy. Lastly, there is a quote from the book that describes Gastby’s party and how fancy it had to be.``All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the Beale Street Blues while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust," perfectly characterizes how

An example of this would be, “Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans. She had caught a cold and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.” Daisy and Jordan sit there looking like trophies for the men and not doing anything to make them hate or upset