The Foreshadowed Fall of the Great Gatsby uses color symbolism to prove that Gatsby's failure was inevitable. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

<Tab/>The symbolism of colors has been prevalent in nearly all great pieces of literature. With this motif the author is able to express more to the reader in the way of foreshadowing and character exposition than by directly coming out and making those statements, either in the narrative or indirectly through the thoughts and words of another character. F. Scott Fitzgerald manipulates the story of his book The Great Gatsby …

…perfection leaves Gatsby facing the stark and frightening reality of the situation). <Tab/>All of these examples of the color motif used by Fitzgerald add to the foreshadowing of Gatsby's eminent failure to obtain his dream and achieve his perfection. Even within the few hours before Gatsby dies, the reader finds Gatsby "disappearing among the yellow trees" of reality, admitting that he will actually never achieve the perfection he seeks after.