great gatsby color symbolism

In a time of mass immigration to the United States, citizens became overjoyed with the idea of the American Dream. This period of time was at the turn of the nineteenth century to mid twentieth century. There were many issues where people with old money (acquired wealth because of inheritance) were considered of higher class than people with new money (wealth acquired by hard work). Consequently, books were written on this topic, one of which …

…do Gatsby and Tom. Jordan and Daisy are also represented by gold. \"...Jordan’s slender golden arm resting in mine...\" and \"...high in the white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl...\" The golden girl is, of course, Daisy. Gatsby wants to be rich with old money so he can win the affection of his true love. Gatsby buys \"a yellow car.\" But it did not fool anyone; Gatsby did not have old wealth.