The green light is a significant symbol within The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby saw the green light as something far away and difficult to grasp. Gatsby wanted to fulfill the American dream, and did so with extravagant purchases with his newly earned money; this only put him further away from the concept of “old money”, which Tom seemed to have. He lived a life of riches, but he learned that was not the life he wanted. He wanted wealth, but in a different form. He was envious of Tom, because of his respect and trophy wife. The green light shows society’s desire to achieve the materialistic American Dream. I think Fitzgerald included the theme of wealth/class because it represented his own pursuit of wealth and honor. 

          Tom’s wife, Daisy, was Gatsby’s love of his life, but he realised he could never truly obtain her because of her husband. She was a girl who he had fallen in love with in the past, and in a few chapters of the book, we see him waiting/hoping for her to come to his parties. Gatsby became even less confident once he saw Daisy’s child, he learned that there were many strings attached. The light symbolizes his yearning for Daisy, and its distance represents the predicament involved with his love. Daisy was desired by all of the young men in NY, so it meant that Gatsby must be the most worthy to get the girl. He thought Daisy would be a token of his enormous wealth, but there were many complications. The green light represented his dream, which is far away, and feels just out of reach.