Tina Dinh
Mrs. Goddard
1001340
5.16.18
The Great Gatsby Discussion
Part 1: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” implies that society works hard to transcend the past but gets nowhere. Humans think they are progressing, but every step they take towards the goal is another step away from it. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s dream “seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city… Gatsby believed in the green light…” (Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby worked hard to reach the green light, but that light was all he focused on. It was a short-term goal that blinded him from the big picture, his progress. The green light represented Daisy, the woman he was trying to reunite with. To do so, Gatsby became wealthy and part of the upper class but not East Egg status, which Daisy belonged in. He was so close yet so far from Daisy but failed to win her back because his dream was already over. However, he continued to “boat against the current.” All the efforts that Gatsby put in were worthless. He was stuck in the …show more content…
Gatsby represents human beings because they aim to rewrite the past since it is difficult to move on, but Fitzgerald is telling the readers that they cannot change the
Mrs. Goddard
1001340
5.16.18
The Great Gatsby Discussion
Part 1: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” implies that society works hard to transcend the past but gets nowhere. Humans think they are progressing, but every step they take towards the goal is another step away from it. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s dream “seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city… Gatsby believed in the green light…” (Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby worked hard to reach the green light, but that light was all he focused on. It was a short-term goal that blinded him from the big picture, his progress. The green light represented Daisy, the woman he was trying to reunite with. To do so, Gatsby became wealthy and part of the upper class but not East Egg status, which Daisy belonged in. He was so close yet so far from Daisy but failed to win her back because his dream was already over. However, he continued to “boat against the current.” All the efforts that Gatsby put in were worthless. He was stuck in the …show more content…
Gatsby represents human beings because they aim to rewrite the past since it is difficult to move on, but Fitzgerald is telling the readers that they cannot change the