rms”, and indulging himself to the point of fallout. This iscommon among his peers, the rich New York crowd.Gatsby follows Daisy from the time he arrives back until the day he actually has hisdreams come true and he meets her. She is symbolized by the green light at the end of herdock. To me, this green light is representative of not only Daisy, but of all the otherpeople in her social class who love the color green as well, and happen to live on the EastEgg. I say they love the color green because all they are interested in is money. Money isan important factor in this novel. When Gatsby flaunts his money around he gets people’sattention. When he dies and can no longer shine his green light, the attention dies too.The New York society is very materialistic, and Gatsby has everything someone ina material world could want; a huge house, servants, lots of cars, fame, and extra moneyto throw around to parties and houseguests. He has everything except personalsatisfaction. He knows that Daisy is the answer, and she is represented in the light. In away, the far-off green light represents all that is unobtainable to Gatsby. It is his pipedream. He has already conquered a material world, and all that drives him in this novelhas to do with him gaining the green light and having Daisy shine from his dock.I think Daisy can easily be compared to her peers; the kind of people that attendGatsby’s parties. They are driven by “green”. They love money and are attracted toanyone that has it and is willing to spend it. This can be seen on page 50 when Nickstumbles into the library where Owl Eyes is admiring Gatsby’s books, “It’s a bona fidepiece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella’s a regular Belasco.” He doesn’t evenknow the man, “I was brought by a woman named Roosevelt. I’ve been drunk for about aweek now.” (50) He doesn’t know Gatsby,...
