Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

Mona Souri
Sr Theresa
Us Liturature
15 March 2023
Symbolism in The Great Gastby
The American Dream can mean multiple things to multiple people, but to many, it's an unattainable goal. In the first cover of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby seems to have it all but he seems to still be missing something. The second cover of The Great Gatsby shows a woman in a dress with a drink in her hands surrounded by luxury. To Daisy greed is about luxury, comfort, and having connections. On the cover of The Great Gatsby that has a car on it, Gatsby's car seems menacing in a way that shows that one can’t outrun fate forever. The themes of The Great Gatsby are the American dream, greed, and people can’t outrun fate. To begin, there are green stripes in the sky

This cover shows how Daisy follows wealth and social prosperity. While talking to Nick about her daughter, Daisy says, “I hope she’ll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (Fitzgerald 16). This shows that Daisy follows wealthy men because she believes that's the only way she can become rich and live comfortably. She fully understands how she is at such a disadvantage that she can’t even build herself a life by herself because of the sexism of the time. The color pink symbolizes beauty and foolishness. The cover also shows how Daisy is greedy even if it hurts others. When arguing with Tom, Gatsby says, “she never loved you…She only married you because I was poor” (Fitzgerald 100). This shows how Daisy will only be an acquaintance to someone if it benefits her. Even though Daisy loved Gatsby at the time, she married Tom because he had the money to meet her needs. While Gatsby was too poor to meet her expectations. The color of greed is yellow since the color yellow symbolizes wealth and

When Gatz showed up at Gatsby’s house he said “I saw it in the Chicago newspaper…it was all in the Chicago newspaper. I started right away” (Fitzgerald 128). Gatz was talking to Nick about how he had cared so much about Gatsby even though he hadn’t talked to him much. Gatz still cared about Gatsby enough to show up to his Funeral. Gatz was very proud of his son. Later on, Gatz walks through Gatsby’s house beaming with pride about how his son was able to build his empire and own such astounding furniture. Gatz even shows Nick the photos of the house that Gatsby bought him. Gatz was astonished at how Gatsby did all of this on his own and knew that Gatsby was an extremely intelligent individual. While Gatsby hadn’t been able to avoid being killed he was still surrounded by most of the people who cared about him at his