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Fitzgerald uses the color blue to show that Gatsby's depressed. One time this is shown when Gatsby cant get daisy's attention; A way that Fitzgerald explains how extravagant these parties are when he says, “ No thin five piece affair but a whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums” (44). He throws multiple parties just to try to get her to come over to his house, but he spends an abundant amount of money every weekend and she never comes to them. Also Gatsby asks Nick to try to get Daisy over to his house so that he can “run into her” and try to impress her with his house. Another Example of this is when Gatsby is standing alone on his balcony; A quote that helps with the

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