The Great Gatsby--Symbolism

The Great Gatsby is a novel that took place in New York in the 1920's. This novel is known for the admirable symbolism that shows how mankind and wealth was. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Some examples of symbolism in The Great Gatsby are the valley of ashes, the eyes, colors, flowers, the green light, and East/West. The Valley of Ashes The Valley of Ashes …

…The New World) to escape abuse and degradation of their countries, they traveled from East to West. However in the novel characters travel from West to East attracted by the wealth and a materialistic life, covering up the emptiness of their goal of happiness. In West Egg where Gatsby lived, was the "newly rich", the people who made "established rich" it was represented by the purposelessness and the empty futures their money provided for them.