Dexter and Gatsby paper

                      Similarities
1. come from poor families
2. chase unatainable love
3. dont get the girl they desire
4. pass up getting married
5. go to school for a short amount of time
6. new money
7. self made men


                        Differences
   Dexter
1. he lives through the story
2. makes money legally
3. the girl he loves is single


     Gatsby
1. dies
2. makes money illegally
3. the girl he loves is married


             Thesis
In both of Fitzgerald's stories The Great Gatsby and Winter Dreams the american dream is used to exemplify how materials do not always make us happy.

#5

     The color green in The Great Gatsby represents jealousy and unattainable dreams. Nick compares Gatsby's house to the, "Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy." (pg. 5). The ivy crawling up the side of the house illustrates jealousy and how it is taking over Gatsby. There is a green light on Daisy's dock that Gatsby likes to look at. The green light stands for his jealousy and hopes for unattainable dreams. The color green is also portrayed through Wilson. It says, "In the sunlight his [wilson's] face was green." (pg.123). The quote shows Wilson's jealous and envious reaction to Myrtle's affair.
     In this novel the color white is associated with purity and innocence. The Location of the story, East egg and West egg, is an example of this. From the outside, an egg appears clean and pure. Across the bay from where Gatsby lives there are, "White palaces of fashionable East egg." (Pg. 5). This is where Daisy lives and from across the bay her house appears white and pure. In addition to this the name of one of the main characters, Daisy, is symbolic of the flower. A Daisy has white petals on the outside 
     The color yellow is used to represent decay and corruption. Although from the outside and egg appears white, on the inside it is really yellow and mushy. This is used to show how from the outside the people of East and West egg seem innocent, but on the inside they are corrupt. Gatsby drives "a yellow car. A big yellow car." (pg 139). This is the car that kills Myrtle and Daisy is the one driving it. Instead of stopping Daisy continues to drive and flee the scene. I believe the reason the word yellow is used so much after the accident is to emphasize Daisy's corrupt actions. Even though a Daisy is white on the outside, it is yellow in the middle. This yellow symbolizes the shallow and artificial nature of Daisy.

#4

I. Green
   1. ivy on Gatsby's house pg. 5 - jealousy has overtaken Gatsby
   2. Wilson's body in the grass pg. 162 - Jealousy overcomes both Wilson and Gatsby to the point of death
   3. Green light on the dock pg. 26 - represents Gatsby's jealousy of Daisy

II. White
   1. Location of the story (East egg and West egg) the outside of the egg is white representing the innocence and purity that appears from the outside.
   2. White palaces Pg 5. - represents innocence that Daisy puts off. Her house is the white palace across the bay from Gatsby
   3. Daisy's name - outside of a daisy is white once again showing daisy's desire to appear pure and innocent.

III. Yellow
   1. Location of the story - inside the egg is yellow which represents the corruption of east and west egg.
   2. Yellow light - yellow light at the sight of myrtle's death symbolizes how her greed and corruption caused her death.
   3. Daisy's name - the inside of daisy is yellow which symbolizes the shallow and artificial nature of daisy.

3 paragraph

In the Great Gatsby the fairy tale archetype poor to rich is displayed by Gatsby. Gatsby was once a poor man. His parents were poor and shiftless, and Gatsby resented them. To young Gatsby materials were what was beautiful in this world and that is what he desired. He started off with  25,000 dollars that he inheirited from Dan Cody. He used that money to invest with Wolfsheim  and was soon to gain a fortune out of the bootlegging business.

2 Fairy Tales

1. Gatsby's parties - Alice in Wonderland - pg. 39
2. Rises above class - Gatsby - pg 98
3. Hero (Gatsby) dies trying to rescue princess (Daisy) making it the opposite of a fairy tale - Pg 131-135
4. Rolls Royce symbolizes hero's magic horse - pg. 64
5. Tom taking Daisy - villain taking princess - pg 75-76

#1 dust in Gatsby

1. This foul dust represents the death of Gatsby and his dream of being with Daisy
2. This dust refers to the decay in the relationship between Wilson and Myrtle. He is covered by white dust which means he is ghost like to his wife
3. Gatsby is telling nick all about his life and is lying about his story. nick realizes it. The sawdust represents how Gatsby is lying
4. Daisy wants to see Gatsby and is starting to move on. The shining dust symbolizes the decay of their relationship but the start of new ones.
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6. The dust represents the death of Myrtle. Her blood is mixing with the dust so she is just decaying away
7. The dust in Gatsby's house represent how his life is falling apart and death is soon to come for him.