What do the motifs Colours, Violence, Race, and Sports have to do with Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby?

For an examination of the way race factors into the novel,
there is a scene early on when Nick first meets up with Tom and Daisy. During this
afternoon tea, Tom encourages Nick to read a book about the advancement of the black
race and the threat that it poses on American society. This was a time during which the
Harlem Renaissance had begun to make Black artists, in particular, a household
phenomenon. The music of the Jazz age comes from the African American tradition. Music
permeates the novel because music permeated the era. It was acceptable to associate with
black son that level, but not to allow them access into the social circle to which Daisy
belongs and into which Nick skirted along the
periphery.

Violence is most readily apparent in the scene
during which Daisy strikes and kills Myrtle, but Nick is also exposed to violence when
Gatsby takes him to meet with Meyer Wolfsheim and Wolfsheim relates the story of the man
who is eating dinner, steps outside to "take care of something" and is shot dead. This,
apparently, is not an uncommon occurrence if you are a part of the
underground/bootleggers circle. Nick is shocked by this violence. Also, Nick is affected
by violence when he goes with Tom to the city (when Tom takes Myrtle) and Tom ends up
striking Myrtle for mentioning Daisy. Nick also sees the aftermath of violence both with
Myrtle's death and Gatsby's death. Up until this particular summer, Nick had been
sheltered from the violence that human kind is capable of, and seeing it up close
changes him (as well as makes him decide that he wants no part of it). Daisy, on the
other hand, is unaffected by the violence. She is a member of the rich - those who are
untouchable and can break things only to rely on their wealth to get them out of
trouble.

The best mention of color that I can think of
immediately is the light that is at the end of the dock. Daisy is on one end of the
light and Nick (as well as Gatsby) is on the other end. That green glow is significant -
green is often associated with jealousy as well. Also, the color of the car is a factor.
Tom is driving Gatsby's yellow car on the way in to town, but it is Daisy who is driving
the car when Myrtle is killed. The yellow is what makes the car
memorable.

Sports - Jordan is a golf player, and she is, in
some ways, more defined by her sport than by anything else. She is a champion, a pro,
and, as such, out of Nick's league. Tom plays polo. Nick is not a sports player at all.
The other references to sport include the rigging of the world series by
Wolfsheim.