The color green can mean many things in everyday life, people may think of it as "go" or as something positive. F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author known for using a lot of symbolism in his writings. In his famous novel, “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent various things. His use of the color green mainly represents what Gatsby wants most in life, but also includes it to represent small things that need reflection to understand. In Fitzgerald's novel, when we first notice the color green, it is obvious that one of its meanings would be hope. Nick sees Gatsby staring at a small green light at the end of Daisy's dock. "Involuntarily I looked out to sea - and I distinguished nothing except a single green light, tiny and far away, which might have been the end of a pier..."(21) That green light represents his hope of being with Daisy. “He stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way, and no matter how far away I was from him I could have sworn that he was trembling.”(21) Nick states that he saw Gatsby stretch out his arms and tremble,...