The Great Gatsby analysis on Colors
The Innocence of a Daisy: Through the Eyes of Nick All flowers have a definition as to what the certain flower means, for instance a daisy mean innocence. Daisies got there meaning from maidens who frequently picked them, and wore them in their hair. These maidens who wore daisies in their hair felt that the flower made them feel free from guilt, sin and corruption. In the story The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Daisy the character) and Daisies (the flowers) are of great significance, as well as the colors yellow and white, which are sporadically spread throughout the book to define the surroundings of life. Fitzgerald explains the book through what colors mean and symbolize, to give a deeper hidden meaning that you have to search for. In the story there is this town that is called “The Valley of Ashes” it is a very gloomy town, and really has nothing to it, but Nick (the narrator) describes one things that is worth noticing “The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose” (Fitzgerald 27). These “eyes” that overlook “The Valley of Ashes” are like the eyes of God who is watching the people work, and is a good spirit that is there to say not to give up hope. The yellow “spectacles” are watching everything despicable that happens, when something doesn’t go right in that town there is always that factor hanging over the characters heads that maybe nothing good was supposed to happen. Everything was destine to happen, as they were being watched over by God eyes surrounded by yellow. The meaning of yellow is proven by doctors, and therapists that say “it can be anxiety producing as it is fast moving and can cause us to feel agitated” I see yellow as evil, when something happens that is unexpected (The Color Yellow). Many times in the story situations and problems happen when yellow is the descriptive