The Theme in The Great Gatsby

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I believe that the theme of The Great Gatsby is "The American Dream". Fitzgerald believed that The American Dream is an unattainable goal that will end up ruining the person who strove for it. I believe the green light in the book represented the American Dream, which for Gatsby, was Daisy. On pg 180, Fitzgerald wrote "Gatsby believed in the greenlight, the orgastic future that year by year receipts before us." This represents the American Dream because it represents something that is always just out of reach. "His dream must have seemed to close that he could hardly fail to grasp it." -pg 80.  Throughout the whole book even though there isn't really direct mention at the American Dream, there are so many things representing it. The American Dream was always on Gatsby's mind and seemed as if it was the best possible thing, yet always just out of his reach. "For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids..." - pg 151.