"The Green Light" a significant symbol in "The Great Gatsby", by F. Scott Fitzgerald

        The image of the green light in the novel Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a significant symbol which reflects Gatsby's dream and other aspects beyond Gatsby's longing. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald uses many other images or symbols. At first, it may seem very basic, but when the symbol is closely studied, one may see the deeper meaning found within it. Fitzgerald uses these symbols to make a point across to the reader. He …

…not get over his dream. Through this quotation and through close examination of the green light, one may learn that the force that empowers Gatsby to follow his lifelong aspiration is that of the 'American Dream.' Fitzgerald, the author of the novel, through Gatsby, was able to make this myth about America and the American Dream of self-fulfillment. Works Cited Beckson and Arthur Ganz. AReader's Guide to Literary Terms. New York: The Noonday Press,         1986.