Gatsby’s car was a Rolls Royce, with the latest gadgets, which Tom calls a ‘circus wagon’. Motifs CarsĪfter World War I, everyone seemed to revel in the easy pleasures of life. It also represents his wealth, as a means to get back Daisy. It also stands for the green light that shines continuously at Daisy’s dock, and Gatsby’s hope that he may one day be accepted by Daisy and taken back. It represents the Benjamins that are never enough to satisfy our desires, i.e. Home to the working class, it is covered entirely in dust. The Valley of Ashes is a place between East Egg and West Egg. Gatsby wears white while meeting Daisy after 5 years, perhaps retaining the fact that he alone remained pure and trustworthy, considering his untrustworthy dealings. Eckleberg are also blue, perhaps an allusion to the fact that dreams are an illusion, compared to reality. Blue was the color of the ocean that separated his house from Daisy’s. He wears a blue suit when he’s first introduced, and his chauffeur’s uniform is also blue. Probably not a coincidence that one of the major characters is named after a yellow flower. It represents the corruptness of the city, as well as Gatsby’s. Some symbols remain prevalent throughout the novel, and are highlighted below. Jordan Baker is a dishonest golfer, and Tom Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, is oblivious of his wife’s infidelities. He meets Daisy’s husband, Tom, who comes from a rich family, yet remains dissatisfied with his marriage, and has an affair with Myrtle Wilson. The narrator is Daisy’s cousin, Nick Carraway, who hopes to achieve his American Dream by selling bonds and writing books someday. Though some view it as a warning to curb our own selfishness, it’s a story of love at its core, with Jay Gatsby doing everything in his power to win back his former flame Daisy Buchanan. Though this story is based in the ‘Jazz Age’, as dubbed by the author, he wanted to highlight the shallowness of people, irrespective of the age or times we lived in. While no one ever truly conquered that dream, they hung on to it desperately, lest, reality would fade into a dream too. Translation: good food, wine and late-night revelry. Although his stories had reality with some humor mixed in, the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ gives you the unadulterated version of the things behind the glitz and glamor of the upper class.Īfter World War I, everyone hoped to achieve the American Dream. If we need to remember that time, our mind immediately slips to Charlie Chaplin. Alcohol flowed as freely as the Mississippi. The 1920s were a different era altogether. While Boardwalk Empire is about the Prohibition Era, the similarities end there. If you need an easy setting to place The Great Gatsby in, think Boardwalk Empire meets Desperate Housewives. The Great Gatsby is based on the author’s youthful romances with Ginevra King. This article highlights the symbolism in The Great Gatsby, and the various themes prevalent in that era. Set in the ’20s, The Great Gatsby tells the story through a third-person perspective, of Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic millionaire who throws first-rate parties.
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