THE GREEN LIGHT

Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, "The green light" was mentioned many different times. The green light is a symbol for Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future. It also represents his life and what he plans to do with it later on in life. In chapter one he compares the green light to daisy and in Chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation, in chapter 9.