Colors
People
Symbols
Places
Mood/Tone
100

This is the color that represents hope

Green

100

This is the person who was hit by Gatsby´s car.

Myrtle Wilson

100

This is the object that the breaking of it represents rewind of time failure.

Nick´s clock

100

This is where Nick meets Gatsby

Gatsby´s party

100

This created a more intense tone in chapter 7.

Excessive Heat

200

This is the color that represents purity

White

200

This is the main character of the book

Jay Gatsby

200

What does Gatsby´s shirt collection symbolize

his wealth and/or his status

200

Where do the Wilson´s live

Valley of Ashes

200

This created a solemn mood in chapter 5

Rain

300

This color best describes the Valley of Ashes

Gray

300

This is the reason why Gatsby wants to get back with Daisy.

In order to relive the past

300

This detail suggests Gatsby´s loneliness that he hides.

Emptiness of his house when a party isn´t ongoing

300

This is the place ¨Filled with faces dead and gone¨

Old metropole

300

This best describes the mood in Wilson´s garage after Myrtle´s death

Foreboding

400

This color suggests that Gatsby is trying to impress Daisy through wealth.

Gold

400

What does Daisy killing Myrtle lead to

Gatsby´s death

400

This detail suggests there is always a moral authority judging you

Doctor T.J. Eckleburg´s eyes on his billboard

400

This is similar to the place Nick first meets Gatsby

The pool at Gatsby´s home

400

This relates to an improvement in the mood of chapter 5.

Sun is out

500

This contributes to the overall theme of moral decay.

The grayness of the Valley of Ashes.

500

This character´s developments reveals his growing attachment to Gatsby.

Nick

500

This contributes to the overall theme of social status

Gatsby´s shirt collection

500

This moment is significant because it reveals gatsby had few real connections.

Gatsby´s grave meeting

500

This demonstrates how the author uses shifting weather to show a change in mood

Rainy to sunny weather