The last passage of the novel is Nick’s reflection on the
death of Gatsby. Nick expresses how he feels, and he says that a great life has
be extinguished. He comments on the vibrancy or the life that Gatsby brought to
his house, and how without him the house is a dead empty shell. Nick makes a
connection between Dutch sailors who discovered Long Island, and Gatsby. He
tells that both had an air of life about them that made this area unique. The
Dutch sailors found the great human dream of life in the land, the same way as
Gatsby brought that dream to the area while he was alive. Nick also talks about
the green light. Nick claims that for Gatsby the green light was the source of
hope. The green light was the beacon that gave Gatsby strength to pursue his
dream of being with Daisy again. The green light for Gatsby would be the same
as the promises of the New World to those that made the journey from Europe. It
was the object of an obsession, that could not be diminished.
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