Symbols of the Great Gatsby
In the Great Gatsby there are many symbols used throughout the book that relate to different topics. The Green light symbolizes Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy. While that represents the quest for the American dream. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are painted on a billboard staring down onto the town. This could represent God watching us and seeing all that we do. The location of the East and West age is the division between social classes. Sometimes symbols in books can be hard to grasp a hold of, some throughout this book are hard to understand what they are talking about. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many symbols throughout the book that correspond with real life ideas and concepts.
The Green Light is used as a symbol of American’s hopes, dreams, and quest for things that they want. It is situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and Is barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg dock. At the end of Ch.1 Nick says that he see’s Gatsby......

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Title: Great Gasby
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