A green light, which shows Gatsby's hope that the future could be a better place, and that everyone can accomplish his or her dreams, is displayed here. Also, it shows that people need to "beat on against the current-, which means to work hard and to do everything they can in order to fulfill their hopes and dreams, even if the path to success is difficult and strenuous, just as Gatsby did. .
The color green is also used in The Great Gatsby to represent money and wealth. Fitzgerald also uses green to represent the success that Gatsby achieves; his money, which is green, is obtained through illegal practices, but even so, he becomes successful and rich. In this case, the usage of the color green in the novel may represent happiness, depended on money at that time period. In the 1920's, the American dream primarily had to do with being rich, and through this, being able to fulfill your dreams. .
"He saw me looking with admiration at his car."" "It's pretty, isn't it, old sport?" He jumped off to give me a better view. "Haven't you ever seen it before?".
"I'd seen it. Everybody had seen it. It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town- (68). .
This quote correlates the color green with money. Fitzgerald may be using green to symbolize money and its power in society, since money rules the lives of the people in the story. Gatsby needs money to live the life that he does, and to get back together with Daisy. Inside Gatsby's car, the passengers sit "in a sort of green leather conservatory". This green leather symbolizes Gatsby's riches, and the importance of money in his life, as another way to win Daisy back. The green leather shows how much Gatsby wants to be accepted, rich, and powerful in order to obtain Daisy.
