The Great Gatsby
In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he raises the question of what is real, the tangible world or the world of imagination. Throughout the book, Nick serves as a representative of reality, whereas Jay Gatsby represents the fairy tale lifestyle. Fitzgerald connects the two “worlds” by weaving the characters back and forth In the course of this novel, Fitzgerald’s usege of symbolism makes the fairy tale life believable. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock symbolizes the aspiration of Gatsby’s love towards Daisy. Nick first observes the love with Daisy when he sees Gatsby’s arm stretched out towards the green light on her dock. “... He stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way, as far as I was from him I could have saw he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward ... and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute far away, that might have been at the end of the dock. ” (26). Each character in the novel appears to be very naive, which make this lifestyle possible. Though Gatsby and Daisy had been separated for a long time, Gatsby still had faith in their
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Approximate Word count = 1054
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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