George Wilson In The Great Gatsby

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In the novel "The Great Gastby" George Wilson is described by Nick as a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. He also says that when he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes. This was stated in chapter 2 on page 25. Therefore I gave him blonde hair and blue light blue eyes. Since he is anaemic I gave him droopy and swollen eyes because one of the symptoms of anemia is drowsiness. Another symptom is pale skin, so I gave him that as well. Since he lives in the valley of ashes I drew a cloud of grey around him. Grey also symbolizes dullness and lack of opportunity, so this developed his character more. George is also very submissive. This is shown when his wife myrtle walks through him like a he is a ghost

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