The Great Gatsby Color-Character Analysis
If you were to receive the first impression of a man you just met who, when it comes to human manipulation, is no stranger, you may mistake him for a man of magnificence. In the first chapters of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Nick will make his first impression of Gatsby while being overwhelmed with false personality. Just like the metaphorical man, Gatsby may also be intentionally fooling people about who he truly is. In the eyes of Nick, Gatsby is a astonishing man whose facade of triumph and charm dissolves showing a corrupt man who's lived a dishonest life.
Nicks states early in the book that he learned much from his father. He told him that if he holds everyone to his moral standards he will, most likely, misunderstand them. Nick has a personal standard that he holds most people to, however “Gatsby… was exempt from [his] reaction” (Fitzgerald 2) because of the greatness he saw in him. Gatsby did not match his personal standard, however he exempted Gatsby from it because of his magnificent personality. The statement referenced earlier from Nick Speculates how he will envision Gatsby further into the story. …show more content…
When Nick goes to Gatsby’s party for the first time he was “Playing yellow cocktail music” (Fitzgerald 40). Yellow is the color of corruption which throughout the book is commonly associated with things owned by Gatsby, one of the examples are “exhibited in Gatsby’s [yellow] car” (Schneider 5). These yellow characteristics of the things Gatsby owns is an association with “ubiquitous yellow… money” (Schneider 1). These clues suggest that his money was earned in a dishonest way which hints towards the fact that Gatsby may not be the man he says he
If you were to receive the first impression of a man you just met who, when it comes to human manipulation, is no stranger, you may mistake him for a man of magnificence. In the first chapters of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Nick will make his first impression of Gatsby while being overwhelmed with false personality. Just like the metaphorical man, Gatsby may also be intentionally fooling people about who he truly is. In the eyes of Nick, Gatsby is a astonishing man whose facade of triumph and charm dissolves showing a corrupt man who's lived a dishonest life.
Nicks states early in the book that he learned much from his father. He told him that if he holds everyone to his moral standards he will, most likely, misunderstand them. Nick has a personal standard that he holds most people to, however “Gatsby… was exempt from [his] reaction” (Fitzgerald 2) because of the greatness he saw in him. Gatsby did not match his personal standard, however he exempted Gatsby from it because of his magnificent personality. The statement referenced earlier from Nick Speculates how he will envision Gatsby further into the story. …show more content…
When Nick goes to Gatsby’s party for the first time he was “Playing yellow cocktail music” (Fitzgerald 40). Yellow is the color of corruption which throughout the book is commonly associated with things owned by Gatsby, one of the examples are “exhibited in Gatsby’s [yellow] car” (Schneider 5). These yellow characteristics of the things Gatsby owns is an association with “ubiquitous yellow… money” (Schneider 1). These clues suggest that his money was earned in a dishonest way which hints towards the fact that Gatsby may not be the man he says he