Blog 25

The last sentence in The Great Gatsby seems to be the thought of Gatsby’s life style. He was a man of the future and past, believing that you will be stronger, but still trapped in the past his mind was, of the thought of daisy who he loved. The last sentence signifies his thoughts his life style, Gatsby is a man of role playing confused of who he was. To stretch our arms out farther could have meant trying harder, thinking to believe to not let anything pass you by. To run faster may also have meant to not slow down and just look ahead. Gatsby was a man of self confusion and sympathy, but a man believed the green light was the future, something to look forward to and wait for, to wait for the future and rekindle the past. Contrasting motifs are everywhere; Gatsby idea of making daisy happy contradicts his own happiness. He chooses to fulfill her every need yet to feel fully happy, days go by as Gatsby is just a servant to her every need. He wishes to see a future with her and be with her but her decisions of not getting a divorce seems to get in the way of if it is really love for Gatsby or for his money, making Gatsby seem more obsessed then in love with her. He feels fulfilled with her happiness but empty inside to know or think of tom with her. Daisy is confused on what she really wants, her love for money or her love for Gatsby or Tom. The idea of having all three fulfills her wants but also confuses her emotions more , does she really love tom or Gatsby, making it seem as if she is empty inside and doesn’t know what she wants anymore or what she can have. The Great Gatsby is a book of many complications in life and a glimpse of the past. Nick tells the story like a dull man, but in a curious way. He hasn’t really experienced a lot of things, he tells the story from firsthand experience. He doesn’t really teach us personally about anything, but the situations that he is put into with daisy, Gatsby and tom. Their love situation and the views on their life styles may give us away of new perspective of how times could have been or how people seem to be. Nick does explain one lesson though, the last sentence in the book says, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that the 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, Bourne back ceaselessly into the past.” that our future is up to us, but our past will always be with us. The Great Gatsby is seems like anyone could have gotten rich if they wanted to. The idea of bootlegging seemed so easy all you had to do was meet the right people. It was like the American dream because the dream consists of making money and making yourself worth something. Does the American dream mean though it has to be a legal job of getting your money or does it just consist of just making it in America. It has both sides to it, making it economically but what if you get caught. To me if he made the American dream he made a name out of himself, he made money out of it all, and always got what he wanted, but without daisy with him was he truly happy, contradicting the idea of the American dream. I guess the decision is up to however you think.