... 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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... 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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... 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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