status. He is constantly striving to be a more successful figure in society. Ever since he was aboy he put himself on a schedule with hopes for becoming a highly respected, well-known person."He knew he had a big future in front of him. (Pg. 181)," his dad says about him. "Jimmy wasbound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this...(Pg. 182)."White is the other color symbolism interlaced into this novel. Where green only influenced onecharacter, white has a wider range of influence on the characters. This color symbolizes one thing,a faade, but it appears in every character. For example, Daisy is always seen wearing white,which gives her and innocent naive appearance. It is as though she uses that as an excuse forwhen she does something ridiculous or childish, making it seem like she does not know any better.In reality, she knows exactly what she does but just doesn't care. She uses this little princessimage and her money to hide her biased, snobbish, and conceited view of herself and her lifestyle."They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and thenretreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept themtogether...(Pg. 187-188)."Another character that hides behind the white symbolic faade is Jordan Baker. She also wearswhite quite often. She acts as though she is superior to everyone around her. Her posture, herattitude, and even the things she says imply this arrogance. "She was extended full length at herend of the divan, completely motionless and with her chin raised a little as if she were balancingsomething on it which was quite likely to fall. If she saw me she me out of the corner of her eyesshe gave no hint of it-indeed I was almost surprised into murmuring an apology for havingdisturbed her by coming in. (Pg.13)." She portrays a bored and apathetic attitude abouteverything, which is part of her "I am too good for you" appearance. In reality, she ...
