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Great Gatsby Essay:

Everyone has a green light whether they know it or not. For me to try and find my green light was one of the hardest tasks I ever had to do. It’s all about finding yourself within you. In The Great Gatsby there is a green light at the end of Daisy’s dock that symbolizes many things. It symbolizes Gatsby’s ambition to be with Daisy. The color green also represents jealousy, envy, and money. We normally don’t think from time to time about what gets us through the day, or what gets us motivated. In order to find your green light takes deep thought and concentration. It gave me difficulties on just finding myself and what makes me be inspired to do things. I came up with three green lights, overachieving, future, and my family.

My main green light in life is overachieving. Whatever I’m devoted to, I always want to be the best I could possibly be at whatever it is that I’m doing, whether it’s on the basketball court, in a classroom, or life in general. For example I always try to set high goals for myself and try to beat that goal and progress as I go on. This will make me more successful and make me feel that I have done my part for that role. Making me more successful will move me up in life for future plans.

My second green light is my future. Day in and day out I always wonder what my future will turn out to be. I’m constantly thinking is this what I really want to do with the rest of my life and if I’m heading it in the right direction towards it being successful. Once high school is over I intend on attending college and majoring in physical therapy. Not only will I make myself happy earning a degree in that major but also at the fact I will be able to help others out to make their life brighter and help them become more successful at what their struggling at. That in itself making others happy is a huge achievement for anybody.

My third green light is my family and friends. My family I know will be with me till the end. They have been pushing me throughout my whole life to be the best that I could be, and I want to make them proud for all their hard work through the good and bad of times. In addition to my family, my friends are another major green light for me. We are always there for one another, and pulling each other along the way to success. We always try to live life to the fullest every day. My friend and family are the reason I wake up to go to school, to go practice, and to go to other activities. Without them my life wouldn’t be as successful as it is today.

In conclusion, overachieving, my future, and my friends and family are what make me want to accomplish more in my life to be successful. All of these are building blocks that will make my future someday turn to factual instead of the possibility of it happening. I would make my parents proud for what they have done in order to get me where I am today. My friends and I would be proud of all the ups and downs we went through. I would also be proud of myself for working hard in school and all the work would be paid off and I would make my family and friends both proud.