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Green=Wealth
White = Purity & Innocence
“They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.” (Pg. 8) In this passage, white is used to describe Daisy’s and Jordan’s innocence, beauty and purity.
"The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard-it was a factual imitation of some Hotel do Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden," (5).Gatsby's wealth represents green because his money is what controls his power and significance in the story. Wealthy families and individual people were respected and had a lot of control in society.
GREAT GATSBY: WHITE AND GREEN
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White = Purity & Innocence Cont...
However, on page 24 the real characteristics of Daisy are revealed, “Our white girlhood was passed together there our beautiful white”, this tells us that when Daisy was younger she was innocent, but now she has changed.
Green=Hope
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock shows Gatsby that she is still in reach of him, and that gives him hope.
White = Racism
"It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things." (13).