Main Characters
Symbolic Motifs
Symbolic Colors
Motifs of Nature
The Funeral
100

Lovely bright eyes

Cheerful personality

Uses men

Daisy Buchanan

100
Wealth and Imperialism

Pearls

100

Hopes and dreams

Yellow

100

A flower

Daisy

100

Gorge, Myrtle, and Gatsby

Three people who die in the book.

200

Independent

Athletic build

Plays golf

Jordan Baker

200

Wealth, power, & violence

Cufflinks with human teeth in/on them

200

Corruption

Blue

200

Owl

Wisdom of the modern age

200

Henry Gatz, Owl Eyes, and Nick

Three people who attend Gatsby's funeral

300

Angry and hot headed

Misuses his anger

Quite wealthy

Tom Buchanan

300

The passage of time

Clock/Watch

300

The corruption of hopes and dreams

Green

300

A tree

Myrtle

300

A shallow freeloader who needs his tennis shoes for a picnic in Greenwich

Klipspringer (the boarder)

400

Sensual and interesting

Having an affair

Myrtle Wilson

400

Perfection

Lawnmower

400

Shirts, leather, the light

Green

400

A cat

Tom

400

A businessman with gangster connections and a terrible accent

Meyer Wolfsheim

500

Honest and tolerant

Knows everybody's secrets.

Nick Carraway

500

His love for Daisy

The green light

500

Chauffeurs uniform, dresses, eyes

Blue

500

Seeds used in baking

Nick Caraway

500

*What the wealthy can afford to do when faced with trouble

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