The Great Gatsby is an exploration of the American dream as it exists in a corrupt period, and it is an attempt to determine that concealed boundary that divides the reality from the illusions, of which seems more real than the reality itself. Scott Fitzgerald puts forward his criticism of the society at the time through many uses of writing techniques and themes.
             One of the ways in which Scott Fitzgerald exposes social and human problems in the Great Gatsby is through his use of symbolism in the novel. Fitzgerald cleverly used symbolism to demonstrate the difference in people's social attitudes and ideas of that time. The East and West Eggs act as a symbol of this by its physical makeup. East Egg is far more refined and consists of people with more money and a higher social status, such as Tom and Daisy, while the West represents the people who don't have any real standing, even if they have money such Gatsby. There is also a barrier of water between the two Eggs that keeps people like Gatsby and Daisy apart from one another. This barrier is what keeps people who do not have high social status apart from the ones that do. Even though Gatsby had a vast amount of wealth, hardly anyone took notice of him but rather his grand parties.
             The most noticeable metaphor used in the novel is the green light. This green light represents ultimate hope and desire: to win Daisy's love. The green light that shines from the East Egg to the West, luring Gatsby towards what he had always wanted. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter One he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby's quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream, the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal. After the successful reunion between Daisy and Gatsby, the green light seemingly diminishes. This may be intended by Fitzgerald to suggest that his obsession of Daisy
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