The Great Gatsby: Being Successful

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plants, and the grass. Green represents a peaceful color; one that does not hurt the eye when put in direct line of sight. An example of a color that would lash out at you and scream, “hey look at me, I’m noticeable!” would be red. Aside from red being associated with violence it is a very noticeable color that is probably why it is the color used in the tail light’s of cars. The point is that green is a color that is very neutral. It does not provoke anger, in fact it usually represents serenity. The type of serenity that most people will never experience for a prolonged period of time.
Another association with green is the signal to go. With the obvious example of the traffic light (you saw that one coming) American’s have probably permanently associated green with going as Perrin had mentioned in his story. Another thing that green would be associated with is the urge to strive ahead. Back in the days of colonization green forests would be looked upon as places to ...

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