Blue Imagery In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

By repeatedly surrounding Gatsby with blue imagery, Fitzgerald reveals the loneliness, illusions, and melancholy hidden under the wealth and greatness he portrays on the outside. The author claims, “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering she and the champagne and the stars” (Fitzgerald, 43). The blue gardens represents Gatsby’s loneliness and sorrow despite how many people come and go to his lavish and sumptuous parties. Also, Gatsby and Nick discusses about whether Daisy ever loved Tom or if she loved Gatsby even more at that time. The author states, “The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the des and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves” (Fitzgerald, 152). The imagery of the blue leaves