HUMA 2640 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jay Gatsby
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Green light- hopeand destruction of the american dream. Valley of ashes- waste caused by the pursuit of the american dream. Gatsby"s house- achievement of the american dream yet unfulfilled. The american dream is the ideal that every american citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and passion regardless of background or past history. The green light at the end of daisy"s dock is symbolic of "the american dream", where. America is perceived as a land of opportunity with limitless possibilities that can be obtained through courage and hard work, which in turn ties into gatsby"s dream to repeat the past and be reunited with daisy. Situated at the end of daisy"s east egg dock, the green light represents gatsby"s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with daisy, and in chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal.
