Hope and idealism in "The Great Gatsby"
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- Hope and idealism in "The Great Gatsby"
- The green light
- Quotes
- "Distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away"
- "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."
- "Enchanted object"
- "Just mention my name. Or present a green card. I’m giving out green——‘
- Depiction of what Gatsby could attain, not who he loves
- Green contrasts the most prominent colour throughout the novel- yellow
- Green has conatations of growth, something Gatsby refuses to do. He refuses to change with the times, and has a fixation on reliving the past
- Green symbolizes the possibility of returning to the past, as Daisy gives green cards to those she finds acceptable enough to be seen with her
- Always just out of reach
- Links to the lost hope that society reflects on social constructs
- Quotes
- Golden/ Yellow
- Objects that are yellow
- "Enormous yellow spectacals"
- Myrtles house
- "Yellow cocktail music"
- "Rich cream colour
- "In red and gold like new money from the mint"
- "Jordan’s
slender golden arm resting in mine"
- "Jordan’s golden shoulder"
- Gatsby in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-colored tie hurried in.
- "pale gold odor of kiss-me-at the-gate"
- "toilet set of pure dull gold"
- "pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea"
- "My little gold pencil"
- "filling the house with grey turning, gold turning light"
- "the autumn-leaf yellow of her hair"
- "yellow windows"
- "two girls in twin yellow dresses"
- "It was a yellow car"
- "yellowing trees"
- Yellow is certainly one of the most referred to colours in the book
- This could be because of the positive conotations of yellow, of happiness and energy
- This could be linked to why Gatsby's parties are always so full of energy and vitality
- This could be related to the ironic use of the 1920's in this book
- Although yellow is a happy colour, the results of yellow objects, such as the yellow car and the ominous eyes of T J Eckleburg, may have been used to point out the falseness of society
- This links to hope and idealism because even through the hardship of the 1920's they still find a way to use hope as a form of escapism
- This could be because of the positive conotations of yellow, of happiness and energy
- Objects that are yellow
- Wealth and social appearance
- Throughout the novel, wealth is used to seemingly attain superficial goods that make the barer appear more prosperous
- Hope is used to create a false sense of likability, as Daisy is not supposed to be likable, but she is objectified by her wealth and social appearance
- Fitzgeral uses this to highlight how superficial Gatsby's hope is revolved around is, and how stuck in the past his values are, which challenges how the American class system works
- The green light
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