Symbolism plays a big role in the novel The Great Gatsby. The Green Light is one of the more important ones. Literally, the green light is the light on Daisy’s dock shining its meretricious beauty across to Gatsby’s house. Symbolically it is the American Dream, specifically it is Gatsby’s American Dream. It is first introduced in the book on page 25 where Gatsby is shaking because he can almost grasp it when suddenly it disappears. I believe it re