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The light at the end
“The Great Gatsby” a Romeo Juliet based story in which a man will do anything to win

The heart back of his true love and would do anything to bring back the faded memories

Of their love. Jay Gatsby a farm boy who wanted to make it big. Is lost without the woman he loves “daisy”. A

Girl he fell in love with, but soon leaving for the military they were separated for almost 5

Years. He strived to better him self before being able to confront her again. He became a

Rich man so he could show off to her. So he

Moves into a mansion in “west-egg” which stands for the new money crowd. Loud,

Rowdy, and try to make themselves seem great, none the less the immature show boat

Side. That just made their money; they got the taste of wealth and want to make sure

People know they are wealthy. Across the river is “east-egg” which is known as the old

Money side. Where the

People are modest and humble and the money has been in the family so there is no need

To show boat it. Daisy, which is Gatsby true love, resides on “east-egg” married to a man

Named Tom Buchanan a brute of a man that played polo at Yale. Gatsby uses nick

Carroway cousin of daisy, to draw her in and get closer to her. A massive lake divides the

Two social statuses. Only this lake, which

Stands for the distance and the obstacles’ to

Get the woman Gatsby longs for stand between him and her.

A green light, at the end of the Buchanan’s dock. Gatsby

Stares at it “yearning remains as remote and nebulous as the green light toward which he

Reaches“. The green light sat the end of the dock is like a beacon a calling, telling Gatsby that hey

Look im right here you just have to work for me. It also...

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...ers and explorers. Just as daisy was for Gatsby. He pictures the green land of America as the green light shining from daisy’s dock, and muses that Gatsby-whose wealth and success so closely echo the American dream- failed to realize that the dream had already ended, that his goals had become hollow and empty.” is a very meaning full quote shows that the dream and lust for this woman is real. “Nick senses that people everywhere are motivated by similar dreams and the desire to move forward into a future where their dreams are realized. Nick envisions their struggles to create that future as boats moving in a body of water against a current that inevitably carries them back to the past.” which means that no matter how hard you try their will be obstacles pushing you back keeping you from achieving that dream, push on and never give up try you’re hardest “ old sport.”

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