Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

In the cover, there is a depiction of having a short-living wish through the colors, the watch, and seasons.
First of all, the title, “The Great Gatsby”, is heavily centered on Nick’s fascination with Gatsby, showing only Nick’s perception of Gatsby’s life. By naming the novel “The Beautiful Wish”, one of the main themes shines in the aspect of the corrupted American dreams during the 1920s. The theme is demonstrated through all of the characters’ desires and losses.
In the cover, there is a young blonde lady, Daisy, in a white dress wrapped in gold pearls, falling from the sky, who appears like a flower that falls into the arms of Gatsby. The flower represents the beautified wishes the characters have, exemplified by Daisy’s and Myrtle’s wish for a peaceful and wealthy life. In fact, she wears white and gold to symbolize fantasy and materialism. On the other hand, Gatsby wears a pink suit as he reaches for that dream, that wish he sees in Daisy, the Golden girl. The pink suit is a mix of red and white, displaying the violent, rashful, romantic desire to chase his goal. The broken golden pocket watch indicates the wish to keep things the way it was in the past or what they gained presently. The motif of time is completed by Gatsby as he desperately chases Daisy in hopes of obtaining his unreachable dreams.

The green comes from the green light Gatsby saw in the story, furthering the concept of the desperation to reach his ultimate fantasy in his delusion. In fact, his delusion in his extreme idealism and expectations out of Daisy. The blue represents how God or time watches over the story where Gatsby, Myrtle, and Nick reach for their dreams, reach out to them, and then lose them. The red autumn leaves relate to the season-motif, where the violence and romantic wishes began and died in Gatsby. In a way, the autumn leaves represent the death of