After about a year of owning the car she had to go pick her son up from school, at Phillips Andover Academy. Although she was quite rich, she decided to buy a Nissan Centra, a rather modest cheap car for a wealthy person like herself. Last year a customer came to him, from Korea. He is a car sales consultant, and deals with many people. This reminds me of a story my grandfather once told me. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. We come to this presumption when Gatsby states, ” Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy (the green light) had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. Now that he realizes he has her, she is no longer desirable. But when, at last, Gatsby believes that Daisy is his, he no longer idolizes her. In a world where Gatsby could essentially obtain anything with his money, Daisy presented a challenge to him, because even she could not be purchased. The green light is the vision of his goal: to have Daisy. The one thing that is in sight, but not within your reach. This represents all that is unobtainable in life. It shows his love for Daisy and his need for a companion, or in Gatsby’s words, “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way…Involuntarily, I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light…that might have been the end of a dock.” The green light could be seen from the back of Gatsby’s house. This light represents hope and dreams to Gatsby. Although there are many symbols in this book, perhaps one of the most striking is the green light on the end of the Buchanan dock. Our own society too has many symbols which reflect who we are in a similar manner as the symbols in the novel did. The representations are presented and sometimes even explained through the characters.
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Symbolism adds depth to the story without casting confusion.