Color Symbol Mini
Project
Myla Harris
Green
Quotes
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Quote #1:
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Quote #2:
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“If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the
bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that burns all
night at the end of your dock.” (Fitzgerald 5)
“It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that
afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants,
but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled
out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might
catch him and break him up in half an hour.” (Fitzgerald 6)
Quote #3:
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“I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for
Dutch sailors’ eyes — a fresh, green breast of the new world.”
(Fitzgerald 9)
Quote #1
“If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across
the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that
burns all night at the end of your dock.” (Fitzgerald 5)
1) The dream to meet Daisy
2) The color relates to Gatsby
3) The green light symbolizes Gatsby’s his hope to meet Daisy.
In this quote the light is not visible because Daisy is with him,
so therefor the light should not be seen b/c it has been
obtained.
Quote #2
“It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas
pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a
rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody
that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an
hour.” (Fitzgerald 6)
1)The torn jersey
2)Green relates to Gatsby
3)The green jersey symbolically represents Gatsby as the man
that he used to be and the man that he became when he met
Cody
Quote #3
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future
that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but
that’s no matter — to-morrow we will run faster, stretch
out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning ——So we
beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly
into the past.” (Fitzgerald 9)
1)Hopes and Dreams
2) Nick
3)Symbolizes the hopes and dreams that early settlers had
when discovering and settling in the early Americas.
Central Meaning of Green
Through out the novel the color green stands for hopes and
dreams. This is proven by the three quotes that link the
color green to the green light at the end of Tom and Daisy’s
dock, the man that Gatsby was and had become, and how
early settlers felt when moving to the Americas. These are
all hopes and dreams that people wanted and tried to
obtain, some were successful and some were not.
Therefore the color green stands for a hopes and dreams
that they wish to obtain within their life.
Gatsby’s symbolic
Representation of Green
The character that is most symbolically linked to the color
green is Gatsby. As you read the book you come to connect
Gatsby to the color green because he always looks to the
green light which represents his dream of reconnecting
with Daisy, the light is located at the end of Tom and
Daisy’s dock. He also is wealthy man and we associate
wealth and money with the color green. This proves that
Gatsby symbolically represents green.