Jay Gatsby represents the flourishing side of the Dream. He seems to show that it is possible to achieve great success from nothing through the examples of his possessions; "I watched the guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the water. ... The light symbolises a beacon, which Gatsby hopes will lure Daisy to his house, but the "unreal" indicates that Gatsby is drawn to a fantasy vision of Daisy rather than reality, and so his dream is fragile. ... It seems as though Gatsby is glowing like a torch. ... Gatsby&#x...

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