It's been 93 years since Jimmy Gatz sailed with Dan Cody, 93 years since Jay Gatsby reached for the light across the bay, since Daisy Buchanan cried into beautiful shirts, since Myrtle Wilson loved another man so hard it killed both her and her husband. Like virgin Mary who represents another reality, Gatsby is disillusioned and detached from the real world because of his fantasies to be with Daisy.Today is the ninety-third anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby. The blue gardens and the clothes that Gatsby is associated with demonstrates his correlation with blue. His association with the color represents his detachment from reality which can especially be seen when he says '"I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before"' (110). Eckleburg, Gatsby is often paired with blue as well. In addition, the "blue and gigantic" eyes- on the bill board- are placed "above the gray land" making the bill board rise above the valley of ashes and emphasizes the effect of the blue, like the depths of a crystal in his eyes (23). Eckleburg on a billboard who has come to represent a God-like figure because his eyes see all that pass without judgement. In accordance with the connotation of cultures, in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, blue is most prominently paired with the eyes of Dr. The blue sadness in each man's life eventually kills them both, thus reiterating the importance of their actions throughout their lives. For Jay Gatsby, he failed to rescue Daisy from her relationship with Tom for George Wilson, he failed to rescue Myrtle from seeing Tom and from being hit by Gatsby's car. Because of the blue foliage that surrounds the deaths of Myrtle, Gatsby and Wilson, it further symbolizes the unmentioned frustration of failing to protect and save loved ones.
This same feeling of morning can be seen at the time of Gatsby's funeral, with his "blue lawn" emphasizing the sadness and Gatsby's failure to truly complete his life goal to become the richest and most magnificent man for the love of his life, Daisy (180). For example, the morning after Myrtle's death, "the shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves" (152). The color blue also demonstrates the feeling of unhappiness throughout the book it is seen simultaneously with events that have an overwhelmingly sad mood to it. In this case, blue represents the hopes and dreams that Gatsby strives to achieve. The fact that Gatsby's old friend, Cody, gave him "a blue coat" amongst other yachting clothes demonstrates the hope that Gatsby's life contains furthermore, "it was from Cody that he inherited money- a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars" (100). Because Gatsby is later revealed to have been a poor farm boy, one can see blue as representing his desire to be a part of the upper class and his desire to fulfill his romantic dreams with Daisy. Furthermore, Gatsby even has a "chauffeur in a uniform of robin's-egg blue" walk over to Nick's house to invite him to his party (41). For example, Nick notices at Gatsby's house party that "in his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars" (39). In The Great Gatsby, the color blue can be affiliated with fantasy, thoughts, and hopes.
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