America+and Dreaming

"I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone - he stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness." (16) F. Scott Fitzgerald, __The Great Gatsby__

This green light he was worshiping was actually Daisy's dock, and is a symbol for Gatsby's dream.

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A person starts dying when they stop dreaming. -Brian Williams

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. -Jack Kerouac

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We have to believe in our dreams in order for them to be accomplished. Dreaming is what makes every single human being unique, it sets each other apart.

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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, (180)

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Us, as Americans, can't let these dreams turn into nightmares. We must persevere through the rough times, to get to our own green light.

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