The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of layers of symbolism. The big symbol that i noticed was the "green light" across the bay. The symbol was, through Gatsby's eyes, a lost hope, so to speak. He bought the house with this covered love, where he could view the light, or feel the light, cough cough love cough cough. He lives his life and carries on with big parties and such, mean while his unconscious mind is thinking of that visible "light' the distance is so small that he can see it, and give himself hope, yet it is so great that two separate lives can carry on with. So in a sense,the green light represents the love with Daisy.

When I finished reading the book, I noticed that the main character was not Nick. Obviously it was Jay Gatsby. Then why, did the author write from the perspective of a neighbor. I have come to the unfinished conclusion that the only way for the story to be bias in a way the reader could understand, was to have the story be from Nick's perspective.Daisy, in Nick's eyes was beautiful, delicate, graceful, and much more deserving then her husband Tom, whom the reader was let to dislike. The only thing that made sense was to have the perspective not from the main character.

The final thing that I noticed after reading The Great Gatsby, was how powerful money was, yet how little it actually brings. This is an obvious lesson the book teaches, yet it still had great impact. Jay hosted many people, where ladies pretended to love and adore him. Men pretended to look up to him. Yet, on his death bed, his true friends were absent. Actually, i don't believe he had true friends. As a rule, money does not buy friendship. Friendship makes life worth living, and so money does not effect the worth of life.