In THE GREAT GATSBY (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925), the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock has multiple meanings. For Jay Gatsby, the light symbolizes his desire for Daisy, as well as the promise of the future. And because Gatsby's quest to remake himself is symbolic of the American Dream, on a broader level the green light is emblematic of that generalized -- and often mythologized -- ideal. Nick, the narrator of the book, ends by reflecting that "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. ... And then one fine morning -- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."