The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the tale of an extremely rich man named Jay Gatsby through the eyes of his friend, Nick Caraway. Some nights, Nick finds Gatsby looking out his window longingly, at the green light across the body of water that separates West Egg of Long Island from East Egg. Nick later learns that the green light comes from the Buchanan household, where Tom and Daisy Buchanan live. Daisy is married to Tom, Nick’s friend, but Nick soon learns that she is also an ex-lover of Gatsby’s, who married Tom whilst he was abroad, in fear that Gatsby would not be able to provide her with the money and security she believed she needed to live a stable life. The story tells of Gatsby’s attempts and ultimate
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During their first meeting in years, Gatsby speaks to Daisy, “ ‘You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock”(pg.99). By this time in the novel, Gatsby is excited to be reunited with Daisy, one step closer to achieving his goals in life. As he communicated this sentence to her, Gatsby’s life changed forever. For Gatsby, the green light is no longer a symbol for Daisy, because he didn’t need it to be one anymore. Daisy was right in front of him, and so whilst this meaning to Gatsby was lost, the light is a sign of the American dream. Gatsby’s American Dream was to work hard and impress Daisy so he could get back with her once again, the light serving as a representation of how the American Dream can be in sight but out of …show more content…
Eckleburg appear, they seem to be disapprovingly observing the desolate condition of the Valley of Ashes, a location filled with dead and dying American dreams. The eyes of this Doctor on a faded advertisement are described as being, “dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground” (pg. 26-27). The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg watch over the Valley of Ashes, one of the biggest representation of the wage gap in America during this time, as well as the slow death of the American Dream. His eyes were ‘dimmed’, much like the eyes of many who lived in the Valley of Ashes must have looked. The glasses symbolize faded hope as well, for the billboard was created for a Doctor ready to promote his business. On page 130, Nick describes the eyes as being ‘faded’. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes are described in this way not simply because the sign was old and the colors and images were fading, but because Fitzgerald wanted the reader to understand what kind of place the Valley of Ashes looked like. It was an area gray and ‘faded’, that also suggests that the real Doctor did not make money the way he had planned, and so his billboard stays up there, fading away, a symbol of the lost hope of the American
During their first meeting in years, Gatsby speaks to Daisy, “ ‘You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock”(pg.99). By this time in the novel, Gatsby is excited to be reunited with Daisy, one step closer to achieving his goals in life. As he communicated this sentence to her, Gatsby’s life changed forever. For Gatsby, the green light is no longer a symbol for Daisy, because he didn’t need it to be one anymore. Daisy was right in front of him, and so whilst this meaning to Gatsby was lost, the light is a sign of the American dream. Gatsby’s American Dream was to work hard and impress Daisy so he could get back with her once again, the light serving as a representation of how the American Dream can be in sight but out of …show more content…
Eckleburg appear, they seem to be disapprovingly observing the desolate condition of the Valley of Ashes, a location filled with dead and dying American dreams. The eyes of this Doctor on a faded advertisement are described as being, “dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground” (pg. 26-27). The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg watch over the Valley of Ashes, one of the biggest representation of the wage gap in America during this time, as well as the slow death of the American Dream. His eyes were ‘dimmed’, much like the eyes of many who lived in the Valley of Ashes must have looked. The glasses symbolize faded hope as well, for the billboard was created for a Doctor ready to promote his business. On page 130, Nick describes the eyes as being ‘faded’. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes are described in this way not simply because the sign was old and the colors and images were fading, but because Fitzgerald wanted the reader to understand what kind of place the Valley of Ashes looked like. It was an area gray and ‘faded’, that also suggests that the real Doctor did not make money the way he had planned, and so his billboard stays up there, fading away, a symbol of the lost hope of the American