The Green Light in The Great Gatsby The flashing light at the end of the dock across the water is first symbolically associated with Daisy. However, throughout the novel it gains new aspects and connotations, covering a full circle at the end of the novel. Throughout the novel the green light symbolizes various elements: Daisy's love, money, renewal, death, and American Dream. The green light is introduced in chapter one for the first time: He …showed first 75 words of 807 total…

…showed last 75 words of 807 total…on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Finally, the American Dream is heightened in the last chapter. It is important to note that the symbolism in the novel is not used for criticizing the American Dream itself but revealing the fact that the American Dream could not lead to true prosperity in the jazz Age due to other opposing and devastating forces such as cynicism and materialism in the wild 20s.