Major symbols

GREEN LIGHT: Money, hopes and dreams, pursuit of a goal that cannot be reached VALLEY OF ASHES: Social and moral decay, the harsh realities of the working class EYES OF DOCTOR T.J. ECKELBURG: The eyes of the billboard looking and judging the scandal going on below EAST AND WEST EGG: Social class distinction, East- upper class; West-lower class GATSBY'S MANSION: Superficiality and the emptiness of the pursuit of happiness GATSBY'S CAR: Myrtle's death GEORGE: Working middle class GATSBY: The failed American dream