Symbolism in "The Great Gatsby

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May 8, 2016

 

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She is chasable and appears to be obtainable, but is always just out of reach. The green light is a relatively straightforward symbol, though it has two different meanings depending on how you look at it. To the reader, it is yet another symbol for the American Dream. To Gatsby himself, as he "stretched out his arms toward the dark water," it symbolized everything he had been fighting to obtain, and everything (he thought) was close to being his...
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To Gatsby himself, as he "stretched out his arms toward the dark water," it symbolized everything he had been fighting to obtain, and everything (he thought) was close to being his. Nick compared it to how America must have looked to the settlers, rising up out of the water. Perhaps the most interesting symbol in the book is the valley of ashes...
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