Green
Jaida, Alyssa, Drew, Darius
Best of Green
• “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your
dock.” (Fitzgerald 92)
• “Now it was again a green light on a dock.” (Fitzgerald 93)
• “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 the Tuolomee, and informed
Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an
hour.”(Fitzgerald 98)
• “…I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch
sailors’ eyes -- a fresh, green breast of the new world.” (Fitzgerald 180)
• “On the green Sound, stagnant in the heat, one small sail crawled slowly
towards the fresher sea.”(Fitzgerald 118)
Chapter 5 (Jaida)
1. The object the color relates to is the green light on Daisy
Dock.
2. The character the color relates to is Gatsby.
3. The symbolic meaning of the color in the scene is that
Gatsby’s hope and dreams for the future.
Quotes: “You always have a green light that burns all night at the
end of your dock.” (Fitzgerald 92)
“Now it was again a green light on a dock” (Fitzgerald 93)
Chapter 6 (Darius)
1. The torn jersey was green. It was what Gatsby was
wearing.
2. The jersey belongs to Gatsby when he was younger and
his name was “Jay Gatz” at the time.
3. The green jersey represents Gatsby and his still young
hopefully spirit.
Quote: “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 the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that
a wind might catch him and break him up in half an
hour.”(Fitzgerald 98)
Chapter 7 (Drew)
1. Green represents a sound in a body of water.
2. This color relates to Gatsby.
3. The Green represented in this scene shows
how he is still looking for money and wealth
that he's dreamed about.
Quote: “On the green Sound, stagnant in the
heat, one small sail crawled slowly towards the
fresher sea.”(Fitzgerald 118)
Chapter 9 (Alyssa)
1. The quote is not talking about an object. The quote below is
talking about when the Dutch sailor arrived to America and
how amazed they were of the new land.
2. The color green relates to Gatsby and the Dutch sailors.
3. The symbolic meaning is hope in many new opportunities
and the American dream.
Quote: “…I became aware of the old island here that flowered
once for Dutch sailors’ eyes -- a fresh, green breast of the new
world.” (Fitzgerald 180)
What is the central meaning of the
color?
Throughout the novel the color green symbolizes hope and the
American dream. This is proven by the five quotes that link the
color green to the green light on Daisy’s dock, the impression of
the Dutch sailors when arriving to a new land, when a snail
slowly crawled to the fresher sea in the heat, and when Gatsby
sailed out to Tuolomee to inform Cody that a wind might catch
him and break him soon. What all of these elements have in
common is that they all involve Gatsby in some way, and even
when they involved someone else, there was hope to be seen in
America in achieving the American dream. Therefore the people
who saw the color green often had hope that one day they can
achieve the American dream.
Which of the following characters is
symbolically represented by your color.
In the Great Gatsby, the character that is most
symbolically linked to the color green is Jay
Gatsby. Gatsby wants to reach his dream to be
with Daisy again and to achieve that he tries to
be as rich and impressing as her husband Tom.
At the end of the novel, Gatsby gets killed and
he ends up dying without Daisy. Therefore, by
him doing this, Gatsby never gave up his hope to
be with Daisy.