The new meaning of the light is as Gatsby stares at the green light he is really looking for Daisy's love. Gatsby spends five years of his life trying to gain Daisy's attention and admiration. Gatsby's wealth and money or cash, which is magically green, are all flashing lights that he believes will regain Daisy and everything she stands for: East Egg, old money, class, pureness, and a set place in society. Therefore, the green light at the end of the Buchanan's dock also symbolizes hope. He believes in what the green light stands for: to never lose hope, to never lose Daisy. Gatsby doesn't gain back the love of the girl he once loved, but he does become one of the wealthiest people in America while trying to achieve it. .
Cars have many meanings to them in literature: power, masculinity, and wealth. Gatsby's car, the yellow Rolls Royce, is one of the most expensive cars in the world at the time. It is an unmistakable car with an unmistakable color, yellow. Gatsby "felt the hot, green leather of the seat" "(120). The green seats symbolize all that the green light at the end of the dock symbolizes. As previously stated, the green shows hope, for Gatsby's hope for Daisy's love, and for wealth. Part of the reason why this car is such an important symbol to this book is because it displays Gatsby's wealth, which is very attractive to Daisy. This attractiveness fuels Gatsby's hope to regain Daisy. When Tom drives the car into town he tries to take away Gatsby's masculinity, "'Come on Daisy,' Tom said, pressing her with his hand towards Gatsby's car. 'I'll take you in this circus wagon'" "(121). Tom tries to take away all of Gatsby's masculinity away from him by taking his car and his girl; however, Tom's plan does not come true. Daisy takes the masculinity away from Tom and gives it back to Gatsby by telling Tom, "You take Nick and Jordan. We'll follow you in the coupe" (121). Because of the car's exclusivity and attractiveness it is very easy for George Wilson to remember when it strikes and kills his unfaithful wife, Myrtle.