Symbols
Daisy's Pearls -pg.76
- Leading up to Daisy and Tom's wedding, Daisy receives beautiful pearls from Tom, but also a letter from Gatsby regarding his love for her. Daisy is torn up between both men, but eventually takes Tom's wealth over Gatsby's pure love.
- These pearls represent the corruption in society, showing that Daisy was easily influenced by Tom's wealth.
Book Cover -pg.80
- At the end of chapter 4, Tom vividly explains the imagine of a girl thought to be Daisy. "Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs..." We realize this is Daisy due to the fact that both of these men love Daisy.
Queensboro Bridge -pg.68
- The Queensboro bridge represents the passage between Long Island and the Valley of Ashes into the city. A place full of corruption, money, and a vast collection of different people, all of which is new to Nick in the extent to which they are present in the city. Nick describes it as "the city seen form the Queensboro bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world."