Water, Water everywhere

Water, Water, Everywhere Water is an important symbol in The Great Gatsby. Think about. Please Read!! First, Gatsby, Nick and Daisy live on two sides of a sound. A sound is a body of water surrounded by two large masses of land. Water as a Symbol Next, everyone at Gatsby’s parties seem to be swimming in his pool. Water as a Symbol Remember when Gatsby goes over to Nick’s to surprise Daisy? It was raining that day. Again, more water. Water as a Symbol How does Gatsby meet Dan Cody and learn the ways of rich men? On Lake Superior. “To young Gatz, resting his oars and looking up at the railed deck, that yacht represented all the beauty and glamour in the world” (Fitzgerald 100).