For the Gatsby essay, I was planning on writing about the symbolism that Fitzgerald uses towards colors. I was planning on mostly using the colors white, gold, and yellow to talk mostly about Daisy. I'm going to use white to show upperclass, and yellow/gold to symbolize money/wealth. This is a good way to show Daisy because a daisy has a yellow center and white petals and Daisy was an upperclass lady who married Tom for his money.
I'm also going to show how white symbolizes upperclass and how yellow/gold symbolize money/wealth. I'm going to use the color of the fashionable palaces (white) to show that that was where upperclass people lived. I'm also going to use Daisy and Jordan's dresses which were white, to show that they lived in the upperclass and that they wanted to show it. The color of the shuttle that takes guests from the train station to Gatsby's house is yellow. Fitzgerald uses this color to show Gatsby's wealth. Finally, the color that the French windows of the Buchannan mansion reflect gold, which shows their wealth and all the money that they have.
At the end I'm going to show how Gatsby hints towards wanting Daisy back by dressing in her colors. He wears a white suit with a gold tie to symbolize a real daisy.
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