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Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

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“‘Can't repeat the past? He(Gatsby) cried incredulously. Why of course you can’”(Fitzgerald 110). Many people dream with the perfect life, having money, love from the person that they love, being part of an upper class, change the past, but in the real world, this concept is almost unreachable and also called the American dream. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, have many symbols of the American dream and the 2 most important are the green light and Myrtle Wilson.

The green light coming from Buchanan's mansion represents Gatsby’s desire to be with Daisy, a love from the past, who was already married, with a child but with a horrible husband. To illustrate, in chapter one, Nick notice that Gatsby “ stretched out his arms toward the
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