Green Lights, Yellow Cars, and Church Steeples

In the Great Gatsby colors seem to be a big part of the story. Many different colors have different meanings that play roles in the story.

The green light seen at the end of Daisy's dock represents the American dream of Americans who are rising in the economy and getting richer. As we know money is green and in The Great Gatsby we see many characters around us in high class fancy environments. Gatsby a more notable one, throws grandiose parties with fresh fruits, a live orchestra, alcohol, and many other luxuries only the wealthy have.





Gatsby's yellow car, or his clown car relates to the American dream because a part of being wealthy is owning many expensive products one of which is a fancy car, or in Gatsby's case many fancy cars. His yellow Rolls Royce is a very iconic car because of it's bright yellow color which announces his arrival where he goes. Gatsby wanted to use his bright car to attract daisy and to show her that now he is very rich.

In the story there is a line "There was nothing to look at from under the tree except Gatsby's enormous house, so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour." With some research we find out that Kant was a German philosopher who liked to stare at a church steeple which helped him think and solve problems. Like Kant, Nick is also very philosophical always paying attention to his surroundings and thinking about others.