Dreams; The Great Gatsby
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 hd 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–tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms out farther…And one fine morning–So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
naynay said,
May 26, 2008 at 6:21 pm
i believe that this quote from the book is so inspiring because we all have dreams and wants in life. Jay wanted Daisy and he realized that he could have anything and everything he had ever wanted if he had just had her in his life. She is what he wants and more. She reminds him of what is beyond. Beyond money and all the worldly things that we so desire on earth. The past carries the future and he realizes that Daisy is his future and will do anything that he can to get her love back again. He is inspiring to a lot of those with hopes and dreams because he personifies what real determination is…