The great gatsby
Abidi, 1
The Deceitful Green Light
Green is the color of hope and it is viewed as one of the most important symbols in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby believed in the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches, and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly, the green light represents far more than just a dock light. It represents the distinctive differences between the West and East Egg, the obsessive love Gatsby has for Daisy, and how Gatsby wants to live the ‘American Dream.’ The green light also consequently becomes the reason for Gatsby’s downfall at the end of the novel.
The green light symbolizes the class distinction between the East and West Eggers. The green light is located across the bay on the East side where Gatsby is pointing. Even though both sides are equally rich, there is something that Gatsby lacks that is located on the other side. Nick, the narrator of the book discovers his neighbor reaching towards something. He finds it rather absurd to see a man, late at night standing at the end of his neighbor’s dock looking out into nothing but a single green light that is continuously blinking. He states, “ I could’ve sworn he was trembling involuntarily I glance seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of the dock”(Fitzgerald, 25). Nick Abidi, 2 seems to spend that night contemplating on whether or not that green light has a significant meaning in Gatsby’s life. Also, the green light is
The Deceitful Green Light
Green is the color of hope and it is viewed as one of the most important symbols in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby believed in the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches, and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly, the green light represents far more than just a dock light. It represents the distinctive differences between the West and East Egg, the obsessive love Gatsby has for Daisy, and how Gatsby wants to live the ‘American Dream.’ The green light also consequently becomes the reason for Gatsby’s downfall at the end of the novel.
The green light symbolizes the class distinction between the East and West Eggers. The green light is located across the bay on the East side where Gatsby is pointing. Even though both sides are equally rich, there is something that Gatsby lacks that is located on the other side. Nick, the narrator of the book discovers his neighbor reaching towards something. He finds it rather absurd to see a man, late at night standing at the end of his neighbor’s dock looking out into nothing but a single green light that is continuously blinking. He states, “ I could’ve sworn he was trembling involuntarily I glance seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of the dock”(Fitzgerald, 25). Nick Abidi, 2 seems to spend that night contemplating on whether or not that green light has a significant meaning in Gatsby’s life. Also, the green light is
Cited: DeValera, "The Great Gatsby: Chapter Summaries and Analysis"." 6th year DeValera Study Guide 2012 . Print. Fitzgerald, Scott. Francis. The Great Gatsby. England: Penguin Books, 1926. Print. Hilmeyer, Barabara K. The Shattering Of the Green Light : An Exploration of Gatsby 's Dream. Ed. Richard G. Brown. New York: n.p., 2012 . Print.