Symbols in Gatbsy by Ailsa https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby en-us 2016-08-22 13:59:43 UTC 2016-11-17 16:13:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Symbols surrounding the Theme of Wealth https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119208260 • The yellow car - yellow coloring of the car represents gold and Gatsby showing off his wealth - "On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains"

• The green light - represents the american dream/ green is the color of money -"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us"  + "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay . . . You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock" + "...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light..."

• Myrtle's Dog - the excess of money- Myrtle only wanted the idea of owning a dog - decadence and materialistic -"Here’s your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it" 

- Gatsby's house - very big and ostentatious even though it is only for show to impress Daisy - "A factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn" 

]]> 2016-08-22 17:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119208260 The valley of ashes https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119208612 --Desolated area
-“Ashes grow like wheat”
-“grotesque garden”
-Endless ash
-Colourless
-Lifeless
-Moral and social decay of America
Repetition of word "gray"

]]> 2016-08-22 17:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119208612 Gatsby's Loneliness  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119490422 -His house is almost always empty except when there is a party
-Although he appears to be accompanied he's always lonely
Add quotes (Ms McCreadie)]]> 2016-08-23 23:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119490422 Foreshadowing https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119971459 + Owl eyes in the library (take a book out, everything falls down, just like what happens to Gatsby and his dream)

+ Owl eyes' car accident

+ Jordan's comment about accidents needing two reckless drivers: 
" "They'll keep out of my way," she insisted, "It takes two to make an accident." " pg 58

+ Weather reflecting what will happen in the future (pathetic fallacy) eg: rain when Gatsby and Daisy meet, extreme heat before the Plaza scene


]]> 2016-08-26 03:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/119971459 Green Light  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120160506 The green light symbolises the american dream
Please elaborate on this (Ms McCreadie).  Add quotes]]> 2016-08-27 21:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120160506 Gatsby Identity https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120160556 There is a lot of mystery surrounding Gatsby identity 

  • “Somebody told me he killed a man once”
  • “German spy during the war”
  • “American army during the war”
  • “Oxford man”
But at the beginning of Chapter 4 Gatsby tells Nick that he comes from a rich family in Middle East, which are all dead. He supposedly studied in Oxford. He served in war and won recognition because of that. 
But... this is not true Gatsby real name is Jay Gatz
]]> 2016-08-27 21:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120160556 Quotes https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120444480 " I'm glad Jay. Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only he unexpected joy" Daisy ]]> 2016-08-29 23:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120444480 Nick as Narrator  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120463671 “I´m inclined to reserve all judgements.” 
This is not true, implying that maybe the story could be biased towards Gatsby. We read the story through Nick's perspective, this could make us see certain characters and setting in a different way ]]> 2016-08-30 02:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120463671 Nicks view of Gatsby  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120463878 "Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn.”

We are presented with the idea that Nick doesn't like Gatsby

]]> 2016-08-30 02:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120463878 Dr. T.J Eckleburg  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464110 Dr. T.J Eckleburg is a pair of blue gigantic eyes accompanied with yellow spectacles in the middle of Valley of Ashes. They are blue, one-yard high eyes which “look out of no face.” It looks as if it was an advertisement for an oculist who either forgot about it or just left it there. It is described as colourful, making it seem out of place in the Valley of Ashes. It is also describes as something extremely noticeable and rare. Nick suggest that there is something extremely peculiar about it. They symbolise the eyes of God and how he watches everything

]]> 2016-08-30 02:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464110 "Great Gatsby" https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464287 The idea of Gatsby as "great" or if its just an illusion like a magician --> Great Houdini]]> 2016-08-30 02:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464287 Wolfsheim  https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464572 “Finest specimens of human molars.”
His cufflinks are quite intimidating. Making emphasis on the type of work he does and the amount of power he manage. It can be a form of intimidating ]]> 2016-08-30 02:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ailsa_mccreadie/symbolsinGatsby/wish/120464572