Journal #20

In this passage of the book, Nick describes how he spends his Saturday nights in New York because he can still see those parties of Gatsby in his mind very vividly. He uses the image of the parties being over as a way to say that Gatsby's life is also over. He also uses the image of the Dutch sailors that discover the island, and how the first thing that they say were the green trees that held so many possibilities, and their hopes and dreams. Just like the green trees symbolized the possibilities of life to the sailors, the green light at the end of the dock symbolized the possibilities with Gatsby and Daisy, and all the love they could of shared if they were together. Also The green light at the end of the dock was what Gatsby wanted to most, and he hoped one day he would be on the other side of the river with Daisy, instead of staring at the green light.