The “green light” is not only a light at the end of daisy's dock at her house in east egg. To most people the green light would mean a warning sign to watch out for the dock, making sure nobody would crash into it. To Gatsby though, it was a sign of hope. Gatsby lived in west egg across the river from daisy's house. From Gatsby's lawn at night you could see the green light brightening up it surroundings. Gatsby planned to move into a house across the river from daisy. Every step he could take that would get him closer to being with daisy he would take. The green light was Gatsby's inspiration to keep pursuing daisy. It gave him hope that one day daisy and he would be reunited and everything would go back to how it was before Gatsby had left for the war. The light would lead him to his goal. The closer he was to the light the closer he was to daisy. Towards the end of the book nick also uses the green light as an example of early settlers seeking America seeing a light on Americas coast and perusing towards it keeping there hopes and dreams alive.