At the beginning of the novel, Nick catches Gatsby reaching for a green light. “I looked towards the sea and I saw nothing except a green light, tiny and distant, which could have been the end of the quay” (26). It is a representation of Gatsby's hopes and dreams. The green light tells him to go. This influences him to continue fighting for Daisy. The green light also means desire. Everything Gatsby wants is right in front of him. Daisy lives in a mansion with her husband Tom, which is directly across the street from Gatsby's house. Gatsby longs for Daisy's love. Fitzgerald also uses green to describe Gatsby's future wealth; his hope for a new life or a new beginning. “It was James Gatz strolling on the beach that afternoon, wearing a torn green swimsuit…” (104). Before Gatsby became rich, he was poor. His parents worked hard, but they were “unsuccessful farmers” (104). Once Gatsby turned seventeen, he decided to run away, later meeting Dan Cody. Dan Cody was a wealthy man who hired Gatsby. At the time, Gatsby was known as James Gatz. As he became richer, his name also changed. It went from “James Gatz,” “Jay Gats,” and simply “Gatsby.” After Cody's death, to maintain Gatsby's wealth, he begins working as a smuggler. Later in the novel we also find more desire and motivation to realize their hopes and dreams which go with the color.