Those who try to achieve their American Dream will always believe that a brighter future is ahead of them, and no matter what they do or what they gain, the future is always ahead of them; that is, they believe they can always strive for something better. If they “run faster, stretch out [their] arms farther,” then there will eventually be that “one fine morning” - Fitzgerald then pauses there giving us no concrete description of what will happen then, because in reality, the American Dream is a vague desire that those caught up in it can’t even fully imagine for themselves. Then Fitzgerald goes on to say that those who are following this American Dream are really beating against the current, and always being pulled back into the past. They’re
