What Does The White Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

Color has a lot of meaning in the world today but in the book The Great Gatsby it has even more meaning. The author of the book is F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book is about Jay Gatsby who throws lavish parties and shows his wealth to get his ex girlfriend Daisy back. The color white is used to describe Daisy Buchanan. White symbolizes purity, innocence, and shallowness.
White shows purity and it gives a calm, cheerful and thoughtful feeling throughout the book. This color is often used to describe Daisy Buchanan. The quotes “The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh cut grass” and “A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags” both describe something peaceful and use the word white or pale in the sentence which both show that white and light can be used to describe something pure.
White can be used to symbolize innocence. This gives the book a comfortable and trustful feeling. The quote “I hope she’ll be a fool, that’s the best thing a girl can be” is good for this because, when I think of someone being a fool I think of someone that is not aware of everything going on and being innocent goes along with that. Daisy is a fool because she is unaware of the

Daisy is being covered up with the color white because you wouldn’t normally use white to describe that. A quote that shows this is “what’ll we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty years?”. That shows those characteristics because she says that to Gatsby when he is poor because she has the need to be in the upper class and doesn’t stay with him because of money so she is shallow. This also shows how the 1920’s were like because people just wanted to be in the upper class because the people that always had money and never worked for it were very respected which is the same way white is represented in the