“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year and year recedes before us..” In the story “The Great Gatsby”, the author depicts an image of a green light. Not a green light as in a traffic light, but a light that glows and stands out from a far. A light that seeps through and catches you in the darkest of moments. James Gatsby has had a rough life. He was born the son of two poor farmers in North Dakota and at a young age, decided that he was going to be something big. Eventually, Gatsby fulfilled his dreams of making it big, but behind the scenes.. He was never really satisfied. The novel describes that gatsby seen a green light. The Light is supposed to represent gatsby’s future. It is a green light because it stands