Drew Carey

This scrap book was utilized to create a better understanding for the occurrences within the novel The Great Gatsby. Imagery is very important to the understanding of such a book as The Great Gatsby due to the amount of symbolism in it.

The first slide of the scrapbook showcases a person standing with an invitation to one of Gatsby's infamous parties. Green is a major part of this slide because the color green represents the pursuit of dreams and hope in the novel. Gatsby's parties were thrown to aid him in achieving his dream of finally being back together with Daisy since they split before the war.

The second slide of this scrapbook shows the scene when Myrtle is struck by Daisy in Gatsby's car. Everything is translucent in this slide to show the emptiness of Daisy's personality, and how she could do such a thing and handle it the way she did. The starry sky represents the clash of the vastly different personalities in this sequence in the book.

The valley of ashes is shown in slide number 3, with a continuation from the second slide. Of course, doctor Ekleberg's eyes had to be shown in this slide to symbolize that everything that you do is potentially being judged upon by someone. This implies that all wrong doings within the novel should impose guilty feelings among the characters that committed these foul actions.

The 4th slide shows Gatsby on his dock celebrating the green light coming from the Buchanan's dock. Since green represents pursuit of dreams and hope, it was appropriate to find a picture where the green light could be far away, since Gatsby's dream was not as close as he believed. The person that Gatsby had wanted for so many years was no longer Daisy Buchanan, since her character and personality is flawed. This is not the girl Gatsby originally believed he loved.

The 5th slide shows the scene where Gatsby is murdered in the pool by Mr. Wilson. Red is an important color in this slide since it represents love and rage in the book. Both of these emotions exist in this slide because Mr. Wilson murdered out of love for Myrtle, and ignorant rage towards Gatsby. It was also appropriate to have a red tiled pool because of the obvious bloodshed that was involved.