the memorable idea is the idea of the green light, this idea was the idea of hope in the future for gatsby and daisy this was because gatsby hoped to be with a daisy in the future.it also symbolized gatsby hope for money. This green light first appeared in Chapter 1 and continues to pop up all the way through the book.
“Involuntarily, I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away that might have been at the end of a dock” this green light on the dock outside daisys house was memorable as it pops up a lot in the movie and always has a key role in the book. The story is about gatsby wanting to find love with daisy but when daisy marries tom Buchanan things get hard for gatsby. so this green light of hope means that there is always a possibility for them to get together. “So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star” this quote was when Gatsby is waiting for a moment before kissing Daisy so as to mark the end of a chapter of his life and the beginning of another, where Daisy is everything to him. this was a key moment in the green light idea as it may be found to be true.
in Chapter 1 gatsby tries reaching toward it and in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby’s quest for Daisy is linked with the American dream the green light also symbolizes that more generalized idea. In Chapter 9 Nick compares the green light to how America is rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation. When Gatsby reveals his knowledge of the green light to Daisy after their reunion Nick observes and states “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever his count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” for Gatsby the green light proved that he and Daisy existed in the same world and suggested the possibility that they might someday meet again. During the book, we see Gatsby struggle and fail