When Daisy has her doubts and eventually Gatsby is destroyed by his love for Daisy, the green light is ever-shining in the distance. The green light is also shown a tangible explanation for Gatsby’s determination and love for Daisy, because it is unfaltering when times are rainy and misty. Green obviously means go, fueling Gatsby’s desire to pursue Daisy. The first and easiest to point-out symbol is the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, which has several imageries wrapped into one symbol. Symbolism, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is this, “artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states.” Imageries is defined as “figurative language.” Finally, allegories being defined as “a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation.” Now that these terms have been defined, deciphering Lurhmann’s work will be much easier. In order to effectively analyze the symbols, imageries, and allegories in Gatsby, the said terms need to be defined. There are symbols, imageries, and allegories in the film that Luhrmann did a great job of bringing to life. Set in the “Roaring 20’s”, it is easy to see why revelry is so prevalent in the film, as America had just won the biggest war (so far) of the century. With blockbuster stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Joel Edgerton, Lurhmann’s Gatsby does an interesting job of tackling the socioeconomic structure of post-WWI America. …….Baz Luhrmann takes a unique approach in his film adaptation of the novel, with the same name, by F. West Egg: “Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, just out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, …… I lived in West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. The last image that we see is that Gatsby is looking attentively at a green light across the water.ġ: East Egg vs. When Nick gets home he sees Gatsby for the first time since he moved and heard the things he has about him. After the party Tom and Daisy hints that they want Nick to take a stronger interest in Jordan. The gathering finally breaks up because Jordan says that she has a golf tournament in the morning. While they are gone Jordan tells Nick that it is Toms mistress from New York. As Tom is away Daisy follows him to see if it really is his mistress. Daisy thinks she knows about Myrtle but doesn’t really want to admit it to herself. As they are talking and gossiping Tom gets a call from his mistress Myrtle. Tom starts talking about a book called “The Rise of the Colored Empires” which is in favor of white supremacy. Daisy and her husband Tom are very interested in them getting together. When Nick is at their house he gets introduced to Jordan Baker whom he does fancy. Nick gets invited to a gathering at his cousin Daisy’s house. Nick is also not like most of the people on West Egg mostly because of the connections he has on East Egg. Then he talks about moving to West Egg where he originally wanted to learn all about the bond business. He gives us a summary of his life so far talking about his ancestors and everything up to his life now. He talks about his morals and thoughts about who Gatsby is. In Chapter 1 we are introduced to our narrator and also one of the main characters, Nick Caraway.