... green light stands for the unity with Daisy, him dreaming of their lives together but never understands that the water is not the only thing separating them from being together. Fitzgerald weaves throughout the novel the color gold, signifying the idea of "old money" and class. This symbol contrasts greatly with the color green portraying "new money". Before the 1920's, ... people used gold as a means of buying and selling. After the national currency ... Nick first thought Gatsby had pulled out a Christmas card but soon understands the officer had been bribed, again showing even the p...

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... main themes in the story: Hope and Money. The introduction to the color green comes at the end of chapter 1, when Nick Carraway sees Jay Gatsby for the first time standing in front of his house. "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-- and ... -26). Gatsby is in love with Daisy, who is now married to another man, Tom Buchanan. This green light is located, at the end of the dock of Daisy and her husband's house, across the water. The stretching of Gatsby's arms toward...

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... . . And one fine morning---- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."" (189) This quote shows the significance of the color green as representing hopes for the future. A green light, which shows Gatsby's hope that the future could be a better place, and that everyone can accomplish ... his money, which is green, is obtained through illegal practices, but even so, he becomes successful and rich. In this case, the usage of the color green in the novel may represent happiness, depended on money at that time period. In the 1920's, the American dream pri...

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... another man."" (73) Again, we are given the feeling of retreating from the brightness of New York City, into the dark and veiled underground world within the city of New York. Along side the more general constant stream of details is a much more specific form of description: color. Fitzgerald's use of color is one of the more striking aspects of the book. It is constant, but at the same time ... anxiously up the front steps was the first thing that alarmed anyone. But they knew then, I firmly believe. With scarcely a word said, four of us... hurried down to the pool. There was a faint b...

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... of true values within people. People change, and let status and money affect them in some way, even those people who we believe will never change, do. "But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone-- he stretched his arms toward the dark water in ... a curious way, and as far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for ... his longing for Daisy that sometim...

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... There are three main symbols used in the novel, they are The East and West Egg, the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, and the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. One of the most important symbols in the novel is class and social standing. It is like a barrier for almost every character. East ... has always wanted. And Daisy, the woman that Gatsby has always wanted but never gets, lives on East Egg. There is also a barrier of water between the two cities that keeps people like Daisy and Gatsby apart from one another and keeps them from reaching their goals and what they want in ... can see...

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... There are three main symbols used in the novel, they are The East and West Egg, the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, and the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. One of the most important symbols in the novel is class and social standing. It is like a barrier for almost every character. East ... has always wanted. And Daisy, the woman that Gatsby has always wanted but never gets, lives on East Egg. There is also a barrier of water between the two cities that keeps people like Daisy and Gatsby apart from one another and keeps them from reaching their goals and what they want in ... can see...

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... He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. At night Gatsby would step outside his house and perform a ritual, "he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he ... that he could do to stop the inevitable. "The novel's insistence that Tom win the struggle over Daisy is tantamount to denying the realization of the kind of love that Gatsby is offering Daisy and that the novel values above all others- (53). It was his undying love, its connection to ... that scarcely corrug...

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... are still messages present that are strikingly similar to our own day and age. F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous piece of literature touches on a variety of themes. Whether it is the lush decadence of the upper class or the political themes focused on in the novel. The relevance to today's society couldn't be ... a common occurrence today. In my eyes Nick embodies the middle class with a white collar job and a decent house in West Egg. Gatsby is the exception of the West Egg resident. He is an exceedingly wealthy man in a middle class neighborhood. But is that really much different than a...

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