In a short essay, identify two symbols you find important in The Great Gatsby. How do these symbols serve to develop the story's multiple themes? Analyze the development of these symbols over the course of the novel, and describe the resulting effects on the reader's experience. Be sure to include specific details from the text to support your answer.

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7 October, 18:16

In a short essay, identify two symbols you find important in The Great Gatsby. How do these symbols serve to develop the story's multiple themes? Analyze the development of these symbols over the course of the novel, and describe the resulting effects on the reader's experience. Be sure to include specific details from the text to support your answer.

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The Green Light - posed as Gatsby's hope for daisy's return and her return back to him especially. Always prominent and eventually he gave up on the light

Eyes of JT eckleberg - symbolized gods eyes looking down on everyone over a wasteland (Valley of ashes) and judging