C.+Gatsby+Essay

Kaleigh Foley November 17, 2010 2A English 11 Great Gatsby Essay C

The quote I chose is “Someone could start from nothing” (Seelye 2). At first, Jay Gatsby started from nothing. But, with a little help from Dan Cody, a deceased sailor and Gatsby’s best friend, and Meyer Wolfshiem, a friend of Gatsby’s who does not like to get mixed up in anyone’s business, he got to where he was before he got murdered. Gatsby came from a family where the parents were farmers and were poor. If he did not get a little help from Dan Cody and Meyer Wolfshiem, he would not have gotten to know Nick Carraway. The quote I chose is “…. And distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of the dock” (Fitzgerald 21). The green light symb ﻿ olizes an American dream. It symbolizes Gatsby’s hope and dreams. The reason why it symbolizes his hope and dream is because he hopes to fall in love with Daisy someday. Unfortunately, he did not achieve his dream and hope since he was murdered before he could do so.