The Great Gatsby Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter, tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms farther..and one fine morning. Jay Gatsby clearly embodies the American dream as well as America itself. Through being a self-made man, and developing from rags to riches, Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. Through his high yet false hopes and …showed first 75 words of 937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 937 total…h sailors stumbled upon this land called America, it seemed to them an island of fantasy, where freedom and opportunity lay everywhere. They were simply in awe, and in wonder of this "green breast" of a new world. Beneath Gatsby's consumption and corruption and freedom, he was in wonder of one thing only. That one thing unfortunately was not a green breast, but a green light, and that is ultimately the tragedy of Jay Gatsby.