In chapter nine of The Great Gatsby, Nick prepares to move back to Minnesota and cogitates about the lifestyle of Americans, philosophically. In addition, he contemplates Gatsby’s strong desire to live in the past. The motif of the green light conveys how the pursuing preceding events may ultimately cause false beliefs in an unattainable dream. Furthermore, the temptation of the jade luminosity signifies the passion that Gatsby possessed for Daisy, watching over her every night. This motif of light may demonstrate the failures of the American Dream because it manipulates all people into becoming naïve and immoral to attain a reverie. Furthermore, the beams of light attempt to reveal that searching for the past ensues a waste of time and energy
