Meaning behind colors by Brianna Castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-04-19 16:27:10 UTC 2025-11-25 20:49:27 UTC hello@padlet.com The inside of Buchanan’s home is in red. ‘We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space.’” pg 7 ¨Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion...¨ (page 6)"Inside, the crimson room bloomed with light" pg 17 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521202 The red in Tom and Daisy's house seems to represent Tom's anger.]]> 2018-04-19 16:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521202 ¨...distinguished nothing except except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.¨ (pg 21) brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521230 Sounds like a symbol of hope]]> 2018-04-19 16:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521230 “Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track…” brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521765 2018-04-19 16:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253521765 “Two young women….they were both in white…” pg 8 anthony_m_floriano https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523163 2018-04-19 16:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523163 “The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house.” pg 8 anthony_m_floriano https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523409 2018-04-19 16:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523409 "Our white girlhood was passed together there. Our beautiful white-" pg 19 anthony_m_floriano https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523550 2018-04-19 16:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523550 ¨Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion...¨ (pg 6) anthony_m_floriano https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523671 The white in Tom and Daisy's house seems to represent Daisy's innocence.  ]]> 2018-04-19 16:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/253523671 ¨His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own.¨ (pg 110) brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256085088 White face represents innocence and maybe a little bit of nervousness.]]> 2018-04-27 16:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256085088 ¨...the dresser was garnished with a toilet seat of pure dull gold.¨ brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256086570 Gold in Gatsby's house showing wealth]]> 2018-04-27 16:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256086570 ¨Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.¨ brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256087558 The reference to the green light again means hope. But now Gatsby means it in a negative way because he was hoping to meet up again with Daisy after all these years but now he has nothing left to look forward to.]]> 2018-04-27 16:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256087558 "We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid with new flowers, through dressing rooms and pool rooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths." anthony_m_floriano https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256088773 Colors such as rose and lavender show and express the beauty in Gatsby's house."]]> 2018-04-27 16:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/256088773 "...while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all the trains." pg 39 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259690685 Yellow in this context seems to represent fake wealth ]]> 2018-05-10 16:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259690685 "A chauffeur in a uniform of robin's-egg blue crossed my lawn..." pg 41 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259695165 I believe this represents trust Nick and Gatsby don't yet have but will in time. ]]> 2018-05-10 16:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259695165 "...and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold. In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up..." pg 40 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259698490 I think the gold represents wealth and how Gatsby is displaying it at his parties.

]]> 2018-05-10 16:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259698490 "...said one of the girls in yellow..." pg 43 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259700688 Yellow represents the facade that gatsby is putting on because these parties don't mean anything to him unless Daisy is there]]> 2018-05-10 16:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259700688 "WIth Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine..." pg 43 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259701875 Gold represents wealth.]]> 2018-05-10 16:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/259701875 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539082 Overall, red represented anger in this book]]> 2018-05-14 16:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539082 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539272 Overall, gold represented wealth in this book]]> 2018-05-14 16:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539272 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539800 Overall, green represented hope.]]> 2018-05-14 16:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260539800 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260540743 Overall, white represents innocence. ]]> 2018-05-14 16:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260540743 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260540945 Overall, blue represents Gatsby's dreams. Non realistic. ]]> 2018-05-14 16:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260540945 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541439 Water separates Gatsby from Daisy.]]> 2018-05-14 16:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541439 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541786 Valley of Ashes]]> 2018-05-14 16:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541786 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541965 Grey represents dull and lifeless]]> 2018-05-14 16:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260541965 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260542271 Pink represented love, passion, and affection]]> 2018-05-14 16:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260542271 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260542769 Wilsons face is called ¨grey and ashen¨]]> 2018-05-14 16:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260542769 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260544394 Green is most associated with Gatsby because of the hope he had throughout the whole book for him and Daisy being able to go back to how they used to be. ]]> 2018-05-14 16:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260544394 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545633 White is most associated with Nick because he is innocent and is a good character throughout the book. He doesn't really hurt anyone in any way like all the others. ]]> 2018-05-14 16:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545633 sarah_n_lloyd https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545962 Red is most associated with Tom because he is devilish and disloyal . He's disloyal because he stepped out on Daisy. He's devilish because of how he lied to Wilson saying that Gatsby was sleeping with his wife when Tom was the one doing it. It also represents the blood on Tom's hands because of this.]]> 2018-05-14 16:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545962 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545982 Daisy is most associated with white because she is very innocent and perfect in the beginning of the book. But as we know, she killed Myrtle making her not innocent anymore. She is also associated with yellow because she is always very bright and glowing.]]> 2018-05-14 16:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260545982 brianna_castle https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260547256 Jordan is most associated with gold because she is a very rich golf player who only cares about herself.]]> 2018-05-14 16:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brianna_castle/5fz7u7sbvh09/wish/260547256