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    to the story or hint at an emotion or attitude towards something without directly stating it. Sometimes they are obvious while other times sometimes they are hidden‚ regardless‚ they are used to enhance the story. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Fitzgerald uses symbolism to create a more realistic story for the reader. Although‚ many symbols are present throughout the story‚ Gatsby’s house represents something more than just a luxurious building; his house reveals Gatsby’s true character

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    Abstract The Great Gatsby is written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in “the roaring twenties”. The characters in the novel have dreams and goals and not one dream ends well. That is why my thesis statement is: The Great Gatsby is really about unattainable dreams. The dreams I am discussing is Gatsby´s American dream‚ Daisy’s dream and Nick’s dream. The dreams are based on the love story between Daisy and Gatsby. The final piece in Gatsby’s American dream would

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    other. For example‚ the color white is defined as fair and clean‚ while the color black is defined as dark and fear. Thus‚ black will always be black and white will always be white. There are a plethora of references to colors in the novel The Great Gatsby written by Scott Fitzgerald. Colors are used everywhere in this novel to describe individuals and their appearance. If examined closely‚ it is clear that certain colors pertain to certain individuals. Scott Fitzgerald is implying that colors can

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    quote that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby. This quote is greatly associated with Gatsby and how he is trying to strive to succeed the American Dream. There were three colors that help exemplifies the American Dream and that are linked with Gatsby would be blue which represents fantasy‚ yellow signifies falsehood‚ red symbolizes danger and anger. As blue embodies the fantasy and the new money that Gatsby was showing throughout the whole book. Gatsby throughout the book showed us he had everything

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    Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain emotion in his literal work. It usually is an object‚ person‚ and situation to refer a bigger picture and idea other than just an object. The green light on Daisy’s dock‚ represents Gatsby’s ultimate goal of reuniting with Daisy and having her love forever. It acts as a beacon to him‚ reminding him of his goal and focusing all of his attention on achieving it. He literally cannot take his eyes off of the beacon

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many symbols in The Great Gatsby to show the reader what live was like in the early 1900s. Some symbols show Gatsby is greedy. Others show things like how Daisy and Tom are old money while Gatsby is new money. Fitzgerald also utilizes water details and imagery to both mirror and foreshadow tragic events in The Great Gatsby. When a body of water is depicted in the novel‚ something dreadful is foreshadowed. Bodies of water appear in different sizes‚ yet they all still foreshadow

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    Fitzgerald’s book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ mean much more than just a physical description. They are symbols and give a deeper meaning to things such as characters‚ or places‚ or objects. Colors show more emotion and represent themes throughout the whole novel. White can be tied to carelessness. While green can be connected to Gatsby’s life dream. Gold shows the riches of people and their pretty lives. Gray conveys the misery of hardships in book. White is very prominent in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald associates

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    Bryan Cubillos Per. 2 Weather Does weather affect the mood of situations? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are moments where the weather sets a mood or follows the emotion of the novel. Many people Change their mood in certain weather conditions and in this novel the weather is symbolic for emotion or mood in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the weather to help set the mood of several situation or emotion throughout the novel. Weather is symbolic in this novel as seen

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    The Great Gatsby introduces many color symbols that have their own meaning and relevance to the story. Fitzgerald used a lot of colors to give an insight to the lives of the characters. The color green represents the future. The color yellow represents money and death. Lastly‚ the color white represents innocence. Each color symbol has a meaning and functions together to support the central theme of the book which is gaining wealth and reaching your dreams or in other words the American Dream.

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    represent Gatsby already experiencing his moment with Daisy in the past‚ and how Gatsby still tries to recreate their doomed relationship even when itś broken and dead. Five years ago Gatsby was walking with Daisy on an autumn night. He wanted to kiss her but he knew he would bind himself to her and his path for life would go to a new direction.¨Then he kissed her. At his lipś touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete¨ (Fitzgerald 111) Daisy blossoming after Gatsby kissing

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