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There's no "Green Light" anymore.


Dimitri Hammer

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Is gone. In the world of today, there is no such thing.

 

The idea of the "green light" is mainly from The Great Gatsby (My second favorite piece of literature of all time.) Jay would looked off of his dock, staring at the green light that shined so brightly at Daisy and Tom's dock. Reaching for it. Desiring it. It represented Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future, was the guiding light to lead him to his goal. Daisy. The unattainable dream of being with the woman he loved more than anything.

 

The money meant nothing. The mansion, the parties....it was all for her. He thought that wealth was what she wanted, and he did everything he could to attain the wealth so he could please her. The green light was what inspired him. He would look at it. She is just across the water. So close, yet so incredibly far. His love for her was boundless. Willing to depart with any materialistic items to please her, because he thought she wanted that.

 

People not work like that anymore. So very few do. So very few.

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Very few even understand the concept. As for that device Fitzgerald used, it was simply brilliant. Honestly it set the whole under tone for the book.

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Now, I'm just a stupid youngster who don't know jack, but isn't the green light suppose to represent the American Dream or something or other?

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Now, I'm just a stupid youngster who don't know jack, but isn't the green light suppose to represent the American Dream or something or other?

 

Nick relates it to the American dream, but mainly it represents Gatsby's desire for Daisy. I mean, we all can interpret novels differently. I personally just think that it's his desire for the one thing he loves the most in life. Someone he would do anything for. Give anything to please and gain her love. The desire for love.

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