Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward 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.Gatsby’s reaching from the darkness toward the light, creates
Gatsby’s outstretched arms toward a tiny, distant green light create a mysterious image: the reader does not yet know what the light means or why he is reaching for it. The darkness, his trembling, and his sudden disappearance add intrigue and invite curiosity about his feelings and hopes. This creates mystery and interest, rather than fear or loathing.
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