The Great Gatsby last words

"And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have 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, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter-to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
F. Scott Fitzgerald

[@julissa6715]

I Love how Fitzgerald writes “And then one fine morning - ” It’s almost as if he’s about to give his readers hope that one day they will reach the green light but then cuts his sentence off and continues with, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” He diminishes our hope because there is no progression when you are living in the past.

[@xiaoyumiao8792]

OMG such a good interpretation! THANK YOU!!!

[@jamesb6100]

youre wrong about the past old sport. ypure wrong

[@Alfred8Aguilera]

A complex meaning hides beneath this beautiful and deep phrase. To me, one of the most beautiful quotes/phrases ever.

[@xiaoyumiao8792]

Agreed.

[@usernotfound413]

such a beautiful ending to a heart breaking story

[@zoeisfetch]

Gets me every time

[@SiempreJulio]

... ad semper fidelis companion of the heart ...

[@buttersniff1]

absolutely gorgeous.

[@j_ortuno]

indeed

[@kingdomcitizenship5613]

Love this movie

[@AndyRoidEU]

He could hardly fail to grasp it .. but he did not know it was already behind him. :(((

[@deondrej.jackson8129]

The Greatest American Novel...E V E R WRITTEN

[@jaafarmhasan8713]

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

[@dianapetri9562]

So. sad. Jay Gatsby is so inspiring yet he has to die. Though I bet his spirit was looking at that green light making sure Daisy is ok. 😚😳❤

[@K33rny]

Diana Petri I don't think he would've appreciated her course of action if he knew what she had done and was in the process of doing. (Leaving him)

[@cameronhodgetts920]

I don't think it needed the ending scene with Nick writing "The Great Gatsby". True to Fitzgerald, I think it should have cut after "ceaselessly into the past"

[@BboyZoinks]

Cameron Hodgetts just so everyone tempers nicks the narrator of the movie

[@Manuel39813]

Danny belived in the green light too...

[@ClearAutumnFestival]

Grrm brought me here.

[@j_ortuno]

how come?

[@Aram0x]

Jesus O.C. Twitter ^^

[@cailenknopp411]

@@E.R.ANGELL I read it at least once a month. I watch the movie a couple times a month too.

[@Pilusmagnus]

Fuck... George just killed a POV.

[@AlphachadECOG]

And so we beat OFF!

[@julianmx13]

I beg your pardon, old sport?

[@nothingbuttest6668]

Pizza time

[@fasyaarvaalfonso4788]

Im not paying for those

[@julianmx13]

PARKER

[@bailey3923]

how’d that get in there

[@gudezan419]

I never noticed before but it bugs me that his E in The doesn't match the E in Great

[@adityapadmawar6612]

Nooooooooooooooooooo.... who is it this time George? Tell me it ain't Arya! Tell me!!!!

[@greenlightcomics7602]

So what do those words mean? “Boats against the current born back. Into the past?”

[@MrD1507]

Can never move forward when you are living in the past. That's my take anyway

[@lllggbbttqueueplusplus]

I actually do not think that this is very deep. Just very eloquently phrased. Not saying that is bad, it is a sign of good writing, it is not that deep, yet it is evocative without being pretentious.

[@yoongitothemoon588]

Reminds me of Paradise by BTS...

[@galaxydoughnut4538]

At the end, there is a paradise of dreams But the real world Different from the promise We have to run, we have to step on, when we fire a flare You, no destination No scenery When your breath overflows to your chin You need to, you need to You need to, you need to It's alright to stop You don't have to run without knowing why It's okay if you don't have a dream If there are your moments to feel happiness for a while It's alright to stop I don't run without knowing my purpose anymore It's okay if you don't have a dream -bts paradise 😉

[@YoutubePremium-nx6iu]

Don't taint this masterpiece with kpop; swine.

[@Birlibi4]

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