Saturday, June 21, 2008

Quotations 1

Explain the importance of the following quotation,
"Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of the [green] light had now
vanished forever." (Nick about Gatsby after he had met with Daisy)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The green light, located at the Buchanans' dock, represented Gatsby's ultimate goal: Daisy's love. Later on, a mist blankets the green light, visibly affecting Gatsby that he must face reality rather than the ideal goal he had made of Daisy. The mist was a significant factor in the novel in that it brought Gatsby back to reality, in which he could not win Daisy's love.

dani.k said...

I agree with Kyle, the green light being covered by the mist brought Gatsby to reality. It represents his dream becoming substantial. He realized that he must face this reality and not the model he’d created of Daisy. He realized that his dream had lost part of its magic, part of the fantasy. His castle in the sky had dropped back to solid ground, and by doing this, the link he had to the idealism of Daisy was beginning to vanish and be replaced with cold actuality.