Aruthur Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tells the story of wealthy people living in the Jazz Age. Although wealthy people have no taste, exhibited in their large homes, questionable fashion sense, and fancy but obnoxious cars, they make up for it in heart. The green light parallel’s the condition that Gatsby’s dreams are in throughout the book.
The green light first appears when Nick is sending off Jordan. Nick sees Gatsby “stretching out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as [Nick] was from him, [Nick- could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily [Nick] glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light…” (21). We learn that this light is at the end of the pier of Daisy’s home, the Daisy that Gatsby used to and is still in love with. Gatsby’s greatest aspirations is to relive the past and have Daisy for his own once again, and the green light symbolizes these dreams by being “…minute and far way” (21). The light is there, just as his dreams and hopes are, but they are out of reach and intangible.
Aruthur Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tells the story of wealthy people living in the Jazz Age. Although wealthy people have no taste, exhibited in their large homes, questionable fashion sense, and fancy but obnoxious cars, they make up for it in heart. The green light parallel’s the condition that Gatsby’s dreams are in throughout the book.
The green light first appears when Nick is sending off Jordan. Nick sees Gatsby “stretching out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as [Nick] was from him, [Nick- could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily [Nick] glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light…” (21). We learn that this light is at the end of the pier of Daisy’s home, the Daisy that Gatsby used to and is still in love with. Gatsby’s greatest aspirations is to relive the past and have Daisy for his own once again, and the green light symbolizes these dreams by...