Green = Happiness? "But what is happiness?"

The comment made by Gatsby: "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of you dock," could very well make a reader believe that Daisy is really the secret to his success. As commented before in an earlier blog, green is mentioned several times within the book. The significance of the word "green", I believe, has to do with the resounding effects money has to do with each individual or instance that is connected with the color "green". For example on page 92 Gatsby speaks of his shirts which he has collected from an Englishman: "shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green..." Earlier in the chapters, although I had a hard time trying to find it again, there is another reference to green. I conclude that all of these instances are the contribution to Gatsby's success. Furthermore, Daisy can only be the symbol of his success and his very essence. Without Daisy, Gatsby has no desire or motivation to seek out riches, with the hope of reconnecting of his once true love. Arguably the greatest possible reason Gatsby is alive today and didn't die in the "war" was because he had to prove his worth once again to Daisy. This was a valiant effort at the beginning for Gatsby, but I feel that it was only the initial effort until he soon was overwhelmed with his riches. Daisy now just stands for everything Gatsby has worked for and nothing more.