color themes in "the Great Gatsby"
In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, colors play an imperative part of establishing themes and mood. Many things are described by colors, from the obviously color-inclined to the less apparent. Frequently, colors that would not automatically come to mind when describing an object are used, often heightening the literary value of the book. Many colors are used with colors that might be opposite each other, to show contrast. That is the main focus of this paper, the contrast between colors.Fitzgerald starts his color usage early in the text. Tom and Daisy are described as living in a “cheerful red-and-white” (pg. 6) mansion, perhaps evoking the two opposing colors to show the contrast between Tom, a true violent brute of a man, and Daisy, a almost angelic, airy being. Indeed, Daisy and Jordan are later both described as both wearing white in the very first scene in which we meet them, and both are subsequently is described in terms of light colors throughout the rest of the text. Daisy especially is dwelled on as such. Yet, in that same first scene, she points out her hurt knuckle, which is described as “black and blue” (12). She claims that this was caused by Tom. This I see as being
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Approximate Word count = 1683
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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