Green Light In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Everything went dark before Gatsby could attain the green light. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's character, Gatsby, always stretched his arm toward the green light, representing his beacon of hope, but by the end of the book, Gatsby had died and had not grabbed the light in time. For many, the first instinct toward the color green is the action “to go,” but Gatsby hesitated, which could be a detrimental move. The wait allowed the green to turn red and him to lose everything he hoped for, including love, the American dream, and hope. Love is the green light for Gatsby for many reasons. First of all, the green light was on the property of the girl he had loved since he was twenty-seven. For instance, Gatsby tells Daisy, the love of his life, while discussing on his dock, “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your …show more content…

While Gatsby worked up the courage to speak to Daisy again and invite her over, he openly said he had looked directly across the bay towards her house on multiple solemn nights. The green light is a metaphor for the physical and emotional distance between Daisy and Gatsby, but it holds no meaning when they have been reintroduced, replacing the distance for closeness between them. An evaluative article states, “Daisy is a beacon, pulling Gatsby out of the darkness and steering him in the right direction” (Lorimer 2024). Gatsby sees light as a hope for something he has always wanted, and he can finally grasp it. The American dream has changed, but in the 1920s, it was about becoming successful no matter where they were from. The color green often represents wealth and money, as stated in the article Color Psychology. Gatsby has strived for wealth since a young age, so the green light across his mansion implies that he has almost made it. When Gatsby continues looking at the green light, it shows how people would do anything to achieve the American dream like

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