The Green light is the symbol of the story, and it is showed several times in the novel. It appears in “the end of a dock”(P21) and Gatsby stays around the sea alone. And when Gatsby chats with Daisy, he mentions that Daisy has “a green light that burns all night at the end of [...]
Symbols and Interpretation
Symbols and Interpretation
October 25, 2010
Post passages that reveal symbols in the novel and how you interpere what they mean. Consider actions, setting, seasons, among objects the many possibilities that could be interpreted as symbolic. What do they mean, and in what ways do these symbols help readers derive meaning in the novel?