The beginning and the end of a story are perhaps the most pivotal parts the novel. The Great Gatsby begins and ends with the narrator, Nick, reflecting on dreams. The book starts with the American dream, and ends with the dreams of Gatsby, those dreams are not too far removed from each other. Gatsby is pursuing his own American dream, with Daisy in the middle of it. Through the book Fitzgerald shows that most dreams are unattainable, and should you achieve your dream, bad things will surely follow.
Through the first reflection, on pages 1-2, the narrator talks about the American dream, and in the last pages about Gatsby and the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. The green light represents Gatsby’s dream, attaining Daisy. Which would mean the completion of his American Dream. When the green …show more content…
Five years ago, when Gatsby first meets Daisy, Daisy is represented by Fitzgerald as the object of the ultimate attainment of status, more than any of her material possessions, or beauty. She shone before him like a green light, and he rode toward her as a knight rides toward his lady. Fitzgerald likens this to America itself, with its image of a society in which there were no barriers and a man could become what he wished to become. “Only it took money to buy the car to join the traffic." She is meant to be the final realization of everything Gatsby wanted to become. In this way, Fitzgerald reinforces the idea that green light represents Daisy which is his dream. Fitzgerald then uses the metaphor of traffic lights, where if he wishes to drive toward the green light, first Gatsby will need the money to buy a car. So Gatsby starts his journey by completing exactly this objective. He amasses this wealth to use in his pursuit of Daisy, as there is no other way now he could attain her. However now when he desires Daisy, he also desires the past that he shared with
Through the first reflection, on pages 1-2, the narrator talks about the American dream, and in the last pages about Gatsby and the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. The green light represents Gatsby’s dream, attaining Daisy. Which would mean the completion of his American Dream. When the green …show more content…
Five years ago, when Gatsby first meets Daisy, Daisy is represented by Fitzgerald as the object of the ultimate attainment of status, more than any of her material possessions, or beauty. She shone before him like a green light, and he rode toward her as a knight rides toward his lady. Fitzgerald likens this to America itself, with its image of a society in which there were no barriers and a man could become what he wished to become. “Only it took money to buy the car to join the traffic." She is meant to be the final realization of everything Gatsby wanted to become. In this way, Fitzgerald reinforces the idea that green light represents Daisy which is his dream. Fitzgerald then uses the metaphor of traffic lights, where if he wishes to drive toward the green light, first Gatsby will need the money to buy a car. So Gatsby starts his journey by completing exactly this objective. He amasses this wealth to use in his pursuit of Daisy, as there is no other way now he could attain her. However now when he desires Daisy, he also desires the past that he shared with