The Green Light by Tristan Bettinghausen https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1 Tristan Bettinghausen Kishaun Sykes en-us 2018-02-20 18:16:34 UTC 2026-02-03 14:35:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://0901.static.prezi.com/preview/r7eooctq3b73dqog2an4nfzdl36jc3sachvcdoaizecfr3dnitcq_0_0.png "Involuntarily, I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away", that might have been at the end the dock (21). tbbettinghausen100 https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233432048 This shows that the American Dream is hard and far from a reality because the single green light is so far away from Gatsby.]]> 2018-02-20 18:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233432048 "I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it" (180). tbbettinghausen100 https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233435153 This shows that Gatsby is following the American Dream and he went to achieve it but came up just short of achieving the American Dream.]]> 2018-02-20 18:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233435153 "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us" (180). tbbettinghausen100 https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233859197 Gatsby believed that he can achieve the American Dream and that was his motivation to keep moving forward. But like most people trying to achieve the American Dream fail. ]]> 2018-02-21 17:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233859197 Video about the American Dream tbbettinghausen100 https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233863866 https://youtu.be/g-jwWYX7Jlo]]> 2018-02-21 17:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tbbettinghausen100/k8xxq9bsvpz1/wish/233863866