"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther..." page 182
I definitely think the green light is a symbol throughout the novel. When I read the first half of the book, I knew that it represented Gatsby's dreams of having a life with Daisy. Every time he saw that green light at the end of her dock, he held on to the hope that his dreams could come true. After reading the whole book, I see that the green light not only represented Gatsby's dreams, but everyone's dreams. It represented the American dream that so many people had. However, along the way I think people lost track of what the American dream really was. It became more about money and success than family and hard work. "He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city" (182). I think Gatsby was so intent that his dream was possible that he lost sight of reality. The truth was, Daisy lived in a different world and she wasn't the same woman he fell in love with years ago. Just like people lost sight of reality when they were in search of the American dream. Everyone became obsessed with money and fame that they gave up their morals and dignity.
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