... light' – the illusion – that Gatsby strives for. Through the use of first-person narrative, Nick states, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch ... not only great joy, but also pain and despair. The fantasy-side of the clouds closely connects with Latika's yellow dress and Gatsby's green light, in that they all represent the love illusion that the characters are striving for. However, it is Mitchell's presentation of the realistic ... deluded we have...

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... reality because of this frenzy American Dream. Fitzgerald sums up his book and this message once again through Nick's thoughts, " I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light He [Gatsby] had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close... He did not know that it was already behind him - (p. 182 ... fully grasped. Eventually, our ultimate goals elude us as it eludes Gatsby. Furthermore, the dream tempts us by giving us a false hope, or a green light, represented through both Daisy's dock's green light, and the color of the lawn, green...

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... parties also, we see that his guests seemed to wonder at his life of opulence- his Rolls-Royce, swimming pool, beach, crates of lemon and oranges, feast of buffet in a green garden and the live orchestra playing under the blue skies. Abounding among his guest with the amazement of the luxuriant living of Gatsby, were also rumors about the origins of ... cousin to get out of an otherwise unhappy marriage and the superficiality of her life, Gatsby's sheer optimism to win Daisy's love as seen in the idea of the mysterious green light that extended from Gatsby's dock to the end of Daisy's w...

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... if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered- (151). Daisy was like a virus that utterly and completely consumed Gatsby. 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 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-(25-26). Gatsby's...

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... Ashes contains a hopeless atmosphere, a place where dreams are not able to exist. It does not reflect "I became aware of the old island that flowered once for Dutch sailor's eyes- a fresh, green breast of the new world." On the contrary, Death of A Salesman indicates that dreams can prosper, as Miller states that through hard work one can gain success. Charley, Ben and ... ...

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... this short time to change Daisy's attitude so dramatically? It might be possible that by the time they arrived in Santa Barbara, Daisy already suspected him of infidelity, which would explain why she seemed so distracted whenever Tom was out of sight. His tract record gave her good reason to fear that if he wasn't with her he might be pursuing ... ...

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