#3 First Body Paragraph

      In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the colors yellow and gold symbolize wealth and decay in the characters lives throughout the story. For example, the Buchanan's "French windows, glowing now with reflected gold" (6). This clarifies that the Buchanan's house is just a symbol that they are both, Tom and Daisy, trying to show off how wealthy they are, and it also show that they are decaying on the inside. In The Great Gatsby, Dr. T.J.Eckleburg's "enormous yellow spectacles," symbolize corruption in the character's lives (23). Eckleburg is seen as a Christ-like figure in the book and his yellow spectacles symbolize the corruption that  he sees when he looks down on the world. On page 84, Gatsby arrives at Nick's house for tea wearing a gold tie (84).The gold in Gatsby's tie shows that he is not decaying on the outside  yet, but on the inside because the tie is located in the middle of his body. He also wears the golden tie to show Daisy how much money he has.