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I think the Green Light symbolize Gatsby hope for life and the future, Gatsby sees the light as something leading him to his future with Daisy. The valley of ashes symbolize the greed and selfishness of the wealthy in twenties. These things also symbolized how people in the twenties had hope for the future (green light) and how people in the twenties saw wealth as their only goal and without money they would live in a "dull and gray place"
Quote:"Two shining arrogant eyes" which "established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward"
Explanation-Tom and Nick are exact opposites,acting as foils to one another.
Quote:“inclined to reserve all judgments,”
Explanation- At the start of the book Nick says he is does not judge, but then he continuous judges Tom and Daisy.
Quote:“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”
Explanation- This quote shows how Nick first thinks of Gatsby as another snobby rich person. Of course this changes over the story because after Gatsby death Nick finds that he was Gatsby only true friend.
Quote: "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured. "You can't repeat the past." "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!"
Explanation- Nick sees Gatsby dream as something that will never be and Gatsby sees it as a very real possibility.
Quote:"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!"
Explanation- Gatsby is delusional and fills his life with material possessions in order to compensate for what he cannot have.
Q-How does the theme you can't judge a book by its cover apply to this novel?
Quote:“inclined to reserve all judgments”
Explanation- Nick says at the start of the book that he does not judge anyone because, he does not what they are going through.
Ah Ha Moment
Nick finally has a "Ah ha moment" after Gatsby's death seeing that he was the only true friend that Gatsby had because, too many people judge Gatsby's by his parties, home and by his life style
Examine the social context of the Great Gatsby, the roaring twenties, "flappers", the rise of cinema, the Lost Generation, Prohibition, organized crime, etc and explain the effects of these phenomena on society as a whole.
The roaring twenties, flappers and organized crime etc effected the society as a whole because as we see in the book society has three different types of people. The first type of person is "old money" these are people like Daisy who got rich because of her family, then we have Gatsby who made money by organized crime and other schemes, "new money". Lastly we have the people who live in the "Valley of ashes",
these people were portrayed as sad or dull. This means that all the movies and crime etc were all telling people that they need money to be happy, this can also explain why Gatsby decided to try and get rich because, he thought that Daisy might love him more if he was rich.
Spark Publishing - 2014