Daisy is described throughout the book as having white fingers, a white face, and is often seen wearing white dresses. This can be seen in almost every character but I will focus on Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. However, in this book Fitzgerald suggests that the color white symbolizes a façade. When you think of the color white, often you think of purity. White is a color that is used commonly in The Great Gatsby. While this might make sense if one believes that Gatsby truly loves Daisy, I believe that their love was completely false from the beginning. His dream will now never become a reality, making the green light a sense of false hope. Daisy has already moved on from the five years prior when the two were together.
#Biggest symbols in the great gatsby series
He did not know that it was already behind him.” (180) Along with these quotes, Daisy says, “Even alone I can’t say that I never loved Tom, it wouldn’t be true.”(133) This series of quotes suggests that Fitzgerald wants us to see that Gatsby struggles to live in the present time. This is shown in the end of the book when Nick is quoted in saying, “I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock.”(180) “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. However, after his dream of having her is realized, the sense of hope and longing that he has had for years is now gone. His dream of being with Daisy is finally realized when Nick helps set him up on a date with her. His dream and everything that he has worked for in his life for the past five years has all been for her. The light represents Gatsby’s many years of longing and wanting. The main source of the color green in this book is the green light at the end of the dock between Daisy and Gatsby’s house. In The Great Gatsby, the color green symbolizes a sense of false hope for Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggests through the symbolism of the colors green and white, that what Gatsby believes is love, is in fact only a dream. Throughout the book it seems that Fitzgerald vividly uses a variety of colors to represent important aspects of his book. It is a story of unfulfilled longing, obsession, and an American dream that can never be satisfied. In this way the story should seem like a classic love story, where two lovers are happily reunited, but it is not. Gatsby and Daisy had met five years prior to when the book takes place, but Gatsby left for the war and Daisy hadn’t heard from him since. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes Jay Gatsby’s longing and desire to be with Daisy Buchanan.