Significance Of Materialism In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby, every character is consumed by materialism. Everyone’s main concern is attending the biggest party, having the sharpest clothes and the buying fastest cars. The cars are a very important symbol used by Fitzgerald in the novel. Gatsby’s car specifically, is bright yellow which is meant to represent his wealth. “ It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel...and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” (Fitzgerald 63) Just like him, his car is extravagant and bright and Nick goes through a very detailed description of it. As he sits in the car he is sitting in Gatsby’s wealth. In this book, the use of colour is very deliberate. and yellow and gold is associated with the carelessness of the