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Symbolism In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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In his book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald includes the symbolism of the green light to showcase the character of Gatsby’s dreams and ambitions and his personal love of Daisy in order to convey that power and money cannot necessarily achieve everything a person wants in life. The first time that Fitzgerald mentions the green light in the book is in chapter one, when Gatsby “stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way, and, as far as [Nick] was from him, [he] could have sworn he was trembling,” (Fitzgerald 20 and 21). Nick looks towards what Gatsby is reaching for to see a green light, which he presumes to be on the edge of a dock. He later finds out that this dock belongs to the Buchanans, and that Gatsby has secretly
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