Chapter 4 reveals a whole new side to Gatsby and we learn what great meaning the green light posses to Gatsby. Jordan explains to Nick a lot about Gatsby, most of which she found out from Gatsby himself. Jordan was told of the love sought story was between Daisy and Gatsby before she was married to Tom. During the war Daisy fell in love with Gatsby, and when Gatsby left for the war she waited for him, but he never came back and only to receive a letter from Gatsby when she was married to Tom. Gatsby bought his mansion in West Egg just so he could live near Daisy. Hoping that maybe one day he could have the girl of his dreams back. This is the hopefulness that Nick originally saw in Gatsby and it was the one quality that Nick admired in Gatsby, and now he knew where it came from. Nick remembers the night he saw Gatsby stretching his arms out to the water and realizes that the green light he saw was the light at the end of Daisy’s dock. This gave the green light a whole new greater meaning to me. To me the light symbolized Gatsby's hope for him and Daisy to once again back together and rekindle their love for each other. Finding this out in the chapter made the green light probably the biggest symbolic item in the book. The other side of Gatsby that's seen earlier in the chapter is when Nick was introduced to Wolfshiem at the Cafe. When Nick saw that Gatsby had connections to people like Wolfshiem it made nick wonder if Gatsby really earned his money honestly or not.
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