Examples Of Loneliness In The Great Gatsby

Next, blue is seen in Gatsby’s house and during his parties to illustrate his melancholy, loneliness, and wealth. The uses of blue in his house, such as his blue gardens and the robin’s egg blue chauffeur portray his wealth and royalty. Gatsby’s garden is described as blue. The blue tone of Gatsby’s garden reveals Gatsby’s loneliness and melancholy in his inner heart. He holds lavish parties in his blue garden to attract Daisy, but fails, which makes him become more sad, lonely and melancholy. He has this idea that if he shows Daisy of his improvement, she will become his. He holds luxurious parties, but he never takes part in them. Furthermore, during one of Gatsby’s parties a women talked about a dress that “was gas blue with lavender beads. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars”
Gatsby’s parties always contain lots of alcohol and his guests always get drunk. People only like Gatsby because of what he can offer. People only like him because of his riches and parties. If Gatsby loses all of this, his will also loss his “friendships”. Since alcohol is described as yellow, but alcohol was a commodity only possessed by the wealthy during this time period it shows an example of the negative values of Gatsby’s wealth. However, Fitzgerald uses blue to portray the positive sides of Gatsby’s wealth. The blue dress that is replaced by Gatsby is a perfect example of Gatsby’s positive use of his wealth. He is using his money to help others but he also is separating himself from relationships by doing so. He does what he believes is good but he becomes to materialistic in accident, Later when people see him, they will only look at Gatsby by his money because this is how he is portraying himself. He uses his extreme wealth to replace the dress and prove his generosity. However, generosity can be good or a bad obsession. Overall, blue is used within Gatsby’s house and during his parties to show his melancholy and