The end of The Great Gatsbycompares the green light with what Dutch sailors saw when they first reached this continent. Why does the author make this...

's
reference to the significance of the colour green with regard to the Dutch reads:

" ... I became aware of the old island here that flowered once
for Dutch sailors eyesa fresh, green breast of the new
world."

The Dutch who are mentioned
here were immigrants who ventured into the New World to find a better life. They had undertaken
a long and arduous journey at great risk in order rebuild their lives, start anew. As such then,
the word has great symbolic significance: it is a symbol for a fresh start, afor
something new and untarnished, it is an image of hope.

uses this symbol to signify Gatsby's hope - his dream for a new life
with . Just as the Dutch aspired to a fresh start, does Jay wish for a new
beginning with Daisy. The light represents all that he longs for ,
and his most profound and...