1. Symbols in The Great Gatsby
Or when something is different than what it seems

2. Color Symbols Gray: death, lifelessness (people &land)
Green: money (light at end of Daisy’s peer), Gatsby’s goal
Blue: dream (eyes of Dr. Eckleburg-rep’s. sightlessness)
White: corruption is underneath-wedding cake, Daisy’s and Jordon’s clothes(airiness and fairylike)

3. More Color Symbols Darks & Lights: Gatsby’s world is deceptive
Gold or Yellow: wealth, materialism
Red: violence/violent death
Pink: violence underneath

4. More Symbols Valley of Ashes: The Wasteland-T.S. Eliot
Daisy: wealth, position, status, “golden girl,”
Eckleburg: represents capitalistic profit(He is the God of the Wasteland.)
Ashes: gray, lifeless, wasteland, death, True Reality

5. Still More Symbols Valley of Ashes: The Wasteland-T.S. Eliot
Daisy: wealth, position, status, “golden girl,”
Eckleburg: represents capitalistic profit(He is the God of the Wasteland.)
Ashes: gray, lifeless, wasteland, death, True Reality
Gatsby’s shirts: materialism, waste

6. Really? More Symbols
Buchanan’s house: red and white/carpet crimson (blood)
Nick’s boats: red & gold: dream stained by violence
Myrtle: wears brown when in Valley of Ashes; changes to ecru or cream dresses; she becomes unreal and someone else.

7. Finally, the End of Symbols
East Egg: old money
West Egg: new money
Gatsby’s car: the American Dream
Gatsby’s house: false pretenses

8. Okay, Really the End Gatsby’s uncut books: pretending
Wolfshiem’s cufflinks (teeth): power
Nick’s 30th birthday: starting over
Gatsby knocking over the clock: can’t go back to the past