In the novel The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald very purposely uses symbols to stand for things that he does not want to come out and say. In this novel, Jay Gatsby falls in love with Daisy Buchanan. He is obsessed with her and tries his whole life to get her to be his. Daisy, though, is married to Tom Buchanan, but Tom is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Daisy ends up killing Myrtle while driving with Gatsby. When Tom founds out about this he is crushed. When Myrtle's husband George comes to Toms house to ask about the car that hit his wife, Tom tells George it was Gatsby's car. George, in a fit if rage, goes to Gatsby's house and murders him and then commits suicide. In this book, symbols play a big part in understanding things that are going on. The symbol of colors is used to hint towards characteristics of the main characters, drinking is used as a symbol for the corruption that was going on in the 1920s, and finally time words are used to explain how Gatsby does not understand the concept of time.
             Fitzgerald very purposely uses colors as a symbol for characteristics of the main characters. White is used with connection to Daisy. Daisy is always dressed in white, her car is white, and her house is decorated in white. White usually means that
             something is pure and good, and that is what Fitzgerald wants you to think about Daisy at first. But the true meaning of white for Daisy is that she is totally empty inside and not capable of loving Gatsby. Another color that is associated to a character is Gold, and this goes with Gatsby. When Gatsby's house is explained, everything in it is gold or yellow or orange, all very warm colors. He is always wearing something gold and gold things are around him. This is meant to represent Gatsby's riches and also that he has a warm soul, even though he is a bootlegger. One last color that is used to describe a character is gray, and this is as
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