“He stretched out his arms toward the dark water. . . . I . . . distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way. . . . When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished. . . .” - (Fitzgerald,19). The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald is a classic American novel, it is a book about a man named Jay Gatsby who is very mysterious at first but during the book we got to meet him and learned how he climbed in the social ladder. This book contains many symbols and analogies that are still relevant today. One might say that the most important symbol is The Eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg or the Valley of Ashes, however the truth is that the green light is the most significant symbol in the Great Gatsby.
One reason why the green light is the most important symbol in the Great Gatsby is because it is a
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First during his past Gatsby original name was James Gatz but he changed his name to Gatsby to start over a fresh life (growth), here is a quote that represents that transition: “James Gatz—that was really, or at least …show more content…
Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” -