out cheating on Daisy and she has no real guilt about herrelationship with Gatsby.Consequence is almost unheard of to these people. Nickpoints out the carelessness in the other charachters but Jordan tells the reader thatNick too can be just as careless and false as the rest of them . Nick acts intrested inJordan at first and on occasion but the next day he’ll completely ignore her, showingno consideration for her feelings. According to Jordan careless people are onlyharmfull when they meet other careless people like Nick meeting the Buchanans. The eyes of T.J. Eckleburg sit up on the billboard in the valley of ashes andwatch over all these careless acts. The eyes look over the situations and judge thecharachters passivley. Significantly enough Myrtle’s death and Tom’s affair, some ofthe most careless acts occured under the Eyes of TJ Eckleburg. These eyes look overthe charachters each time they travel through the valley of ashes and remind them ofthe guilt they forget to feel. The Green Light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s longing forDaisy, social status, wealth, acceptance, success, and all of his hopes and dreams.Gatsby achieves his wealth, and buys himself popularity, but that green light, whichrepresents all of his hopes and dreams is still on the other side of the water, in EastEgg. No matter how much Gatsby has he still doesn’t have what he really wants,which is Daisy. He has accomplished all of this for her, and won’t be satisfied until hegets this imposible dream. The Green light stands for all that Gatsby wanted and allthat he ever worked for, yet it is never quite in grasp. The last three paragraphs of the novel tie up all the loose ends of the themesand symbols, especially those involving the green light and the theme of hopes anddreams. Fitzgerald finishes the novel with a final note on Gatsby’s belief system. Gatsby is a true American and bel...
