1. Color Symbol Mini Project Myla Harris

2. Green

3. Quotes  Quote #1:  “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” (Fitzgerald 5)  Quote #2:  “It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour.” (Fitzgerald 6)  Quote #3:  “I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes — a fresh, green breast of the new world.” (Fitzgerald 9)

4. Quote #1 “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay,” said Gatsby. “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.” (Fitzgerald 5) 1) The dream to meet Daisy 2) The color relates to Gatsby 3) The green light symbolizes Gatsby’s his hope to meet Daisy. In this quote the light is not visible because Daisy is with him, so therefor the light should not be seen b/c it has been obtained.

5. Quote #2 “It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour.” (Fitzgerald 6) 1)The torn jersey 2)Green relates to Gatsby 3)The green jersey symbolically represents Gatsby as the man that he used to be and the man that he became when he met Cody

6. Quote #3 “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning ——So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Fitzgerald 9) 1)Hopes and Dreams 2) Nick 3)Symbolizes the hopes and dreams that early settlers had when discovering and settling in the early Americas.

7. Central Meaning of Green Through out the novel the color green stands for hopes and dreams. This is proven by the three quotes that link the color green to the green light at the end of Tom and Daisy’s dock, the man that Gatsby was and had become, and how early settlers felt when moving to the Americas. These are all hopes and dreams that people wanted and tried to obtain, some were successful and some were not. Therefore the color green stands for a hopes and dreams that they wish to obtain within their life.

8. Gatsby’s symbolic Representation of Green The character that is most symbolically linked to the color green is Gatsby. As you read the book you come to connect Gatsby to the color green because he always looks to the green light which represents his dream of reconnecting with Daisy, the light is located at the end of Tom and Daisy’s dock. He also is wealthy man and we associate wealth and money with the color green. This proves that Gatsby symbolically represents green.