Read the novel’s last passage (beginning with, “Gatsby’s
house was still empty when I left”) and discuss the use of imagery and
symbolism that is being employed by Fitzgerald.
In your response, specifically address what Nick is saying about the
green light and the connection that he is making between Gatsby and the Dutch
sailors who “discovered” Long Island.
In the last
paragraph of the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald had used multiple means of symbolism
and imagery. The first thing that he had
started to describe was about Gatsby’s house.
Not only how the looks of it were, but how lonely it felt since Gatsby
had passed. An important part of this
last passage was when he had mentioned the green light which had stood across
the water at Daisy’s house. There was
also the reference made to the Dutch sailor’s.
What the interpretation of this reference might mean is that when Nick
was lying on the beach, he had started to block out all the other houses that
surrounded the area in the distance in front of him. By doing so, he was able to recognize all the
things that were there when apparently the sailors had discovered that same
area that Nick was admiring.
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