--Gatsby had looked for years to find some sign of Daisy, and he did- in the green light.  Little did Nick know on that night when he first saw Gatsby's outline, Gatsby was looking at that same green light Nick had found.  Maybe Nick realized that later on at his house as Daisy and Gatsby were reunited.  When Gatsby says, "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." (p. 98), Nick may have realized what Gatsby had been looking at on that night earlier in the summer.

  To Gatsby, that green light at the end of daisy's dock was a symbol of hope that she still loved him.  He finally found her after five years, and she was married, but she still loved him.  And he loved her.  That green light meant so much to him because he finally found something he had lost a long time ago. 

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