Green Car
" He told the first policemen that it was light green."(137) Michaelis witnessed Myrtle being hit by the car. When he first saw the car he thought it was green, this could be a use of colour imagery representing the spring of new begining and hope that was within the car(Gatsby and Daisy). |
Gatsby's Yellow Car
"Her eyes, wide with jealous terror, were fixed not on Tom, but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife"(125) Gatsby's Yellow Car symbolizes corruption. When Tom drives his yellow car in to the garage to get gas Myrtle Wilson sees him in the car with Jordan Baker. Myrtle thinks that that is Tom's wife and she realizes that she was being used for Tom's personal gain. This car eventually hits her and kills her. |
The Heat
"The next was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer" (114) This chapter takes place on the hottest day in the summer. Throughout the first half of the chapter there is a reference to heat on every page and this is no coincidence. The heat represents the tension between Gatsby and Tom and there power struggle to win Daisy's heart. All this talk about heat leads up to Gatsby and Tom getting into a fight over daisy. |
Cooling twilight
"So we drove on towards death through the cooling twilight" The weather changes from the hottest day of the summer to a cooling twilight. This represents the dispute between Gatsby and Tom and how it ended. |
Dr. TJ Eckleburg's Eyes
"Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg kept their vigil" (124)
Dr TJ Eckleburg's eyes are represent that someone is always watching. This could cause Gatsby and Daisy some trouble because people saw the yellow car hit and kill myrtle.
"Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg kept their vigil" (124)
Dr TJ Eckleburg's eyes are represent that someone is always watching. This could cause Gatsby and Daisy some trouble because people saw the yellow car hit and kill myrtle.
