Great Gatsby- American Dream

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses repeated examples of color imagery to raise questions about views of the American Dream. Color imagery is employed throughout the novel, appearing in the Valley of Ashes, Gatsby’s parties, and in the light on Daisy’s dock. Fitzgerald uses this imagery to raise questions about the excessively lavish and wasteful view that the characters of the novel have in fulfilling the American Dream. Throughout the novel, …

…Daisy. While he is able to spend untold quantities of money on these parties and on his acquaintances, his life turns out to mean very little to anyone besides Nick, as is evidenced at his funeral. Since he can never reunite with Daisy, his determination to achieve his Dream goes unfulfilled. The properties of the ideal of the American Dream are questioned using the literary device of color imagery in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.