In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, took place in 1922 in the great city of New York’s East and West Egg Island. The Great Gatsby is about a very wealthy businessman named Jay Gatsby that tries to find his long lost love. The main symbol of the novel The Great Gatsby, is Gatsby’s hope for Daisy that they will be back together someday. Gatsby's hope for Daisy is represented by the green light at the end of Tom and Daisy’s dock. Another way hope is shown by Gatsby for Daisy is when Tom tries to put Gatsby down, but Gatsby gets right back up and tells Tom that the past can be repeated and they will get back together again some day. Gatsby's hope is obvious when he told Daisy to forget all about Tom and run off with Gatsby. …show more content…
When Gatsby and Daisy are out looking across the bay Gatsby acknowledges, “If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay...You always have a green lights that burns all night at the end of your dock.”(92) The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s hope for each other. He believes that they will be able to get back together with each other some day. When Gatsby and Daisy are outside looking across the bay Gatsby comments about the green light. The light represents the hope that they will be together