TWO MEANINGS FOR EVERYTHING Symbolism can mean and represent a wide variety of ideas, moments and memories in everyone's life. In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the colors, names and objects symbolize the different personalities and ideas of the characters. Some symbols are more obvious and easier to recognize than others. People say money makes our world go round. This famous saying applies to Fitzgerald's literary work in many ways. It seems that there were many colors that represented this desire and need of the characters. When Gatsby shows up at Nick Carraway's house to reunite with Daisy, he enters wearing a "white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold tie." (Fitzgerald 89). The colors gold and silver both represent money. Gatsby intentionally wears colors that show that he has earned and earned enough money to impress Daisy. As Daisy and Gatsby grow closer, he takes her upstairs to his closet where he shows her his collection of real English shirts. Daisy is upset, but she is so seen that "It makes me sad because I've never seen such nice shirts..." (Fitzgerald 98). When Daisy cried at the sight of the t-shirts, it symbolized her superficiality, as well as her materialistic life. The Gatsby shirts were real and authentic and Daisy was amazed and speechless at the thought of how much they must be worth. This need for Gatsby to impress became a "disease that makes young men think that riches can erase the past and capture the hearts of the girls of their dreams" (Dictionary of Literary Biography 7). Throughout the novel Daisy is continually searching for money and wealth. When people think of daisy flowers, the colors yellow, green and white come to mind. The yellow in the center represents corruption, and in the novel Daisy is one of the most corrupt characters. The white represents the fact that she was pure and "an enchanted object" on the outside (TCLC 6). Daisy's name really fits her character, in how she appears sweet, but on the inside she is morally dirty. The color green can also represent money. On the day Gatsby goes to Nick to reunite with Daisy, Gatsby sends a gardener to Nick's house to cut his grass and give him a greenhouse. When Nick sees that “Mr.