The green light at the end of chapter one in The Great Gatsby,  by F.Scott Fitzgerald, is an obvious symbolization that has to do with Gatsby. The green light represents Daisy Buchanan and it is out of reach. Gatsby can barely see it and reaches out for it. He has always loved Daisy and wants to go back to how they used to be before Gatsby went off to war. Gatsby strives for his one and only love, Daisy, and can only see from afar of what it could’ve been or can still be if he ever reaches his goal. 

  Gatsby reaching for his American Dream:

The American Dream is what everyone aspires to accomplish in life, people often mistaken the American Dream as having wealth and materialistic things to create happiness. In “The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Main characters Gatsby and the Buchanan’s show failure of attainment of the American Dream. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be right across the bay” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Page Number 78). Gatsby represents what people think the American Dream is about, much wealth and ability to buy materialistic things to create happiness, but although he has all that he still is miserable from the lack of love he desires from Daisy. The Buchanan’s represent the lack of work that they have put in to get the American dream and will never be happy from lack of love and acceptance that people naturally desire in life. In conclusion, The American dream isn’t only about wealth and buying whatever you desire, its about love and being human. Its about having connections with people and working hard to earn what you deserve.  

Tom should end up with Daisy, they both are careless when it comes down to other people lives and feelings. They both seek the safety of the known, Gatsby’s represents the unknown and could never provide the Fantasy life that Daisy’s hopeless romantic self-strives for. “It passed, and he began to talk excitedly to Daisy, denying everything, defending his name against accusations that had not been made. But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, despairingly, toward that lost voice across the room.” (Fitzgerald, 134). After Tom Buchanan reveals more about Gatsby’s Past, Daisy realizes she could never give up the safety Tom Provides for her and risk the life she could have with Gatsby. Gatsby is more deserving of Daisy’s love but has also dreamed far too much on the life he wanted and sought too much into who he presumed Daisy to be. Daisy is a Gold-digger, she has always been blinded by unattainable American Dream that everyone strives for. "Go on. He won’t annoy you. I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over." (Fitzgerald, 135). After all this time, Tom will always know Daisy more than anybody else could ever. Tom is the most compatible person to be with Daisy and always will be, they are alike in every way.