Great Gatsby
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Mrs. blahblah Great Gatsby Essay English
"So we beat on boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past". This
metaphor represents Gatsby, Nick, and people in general striving to achieve their goals, reliving
the past, and the conflicts undertaken while pursuing our goals. This is the connection shared
between us and the characters within the novel of "The Great Gatsby. Nick's reference
pertaining to his experiences, along with friends and acquaintances highlights these central
themes within the novel. For instance, Gatsby’s struggle to achieve his success, Nick’s return to
his hometown, along with the emotional struggle between the old aristocracy of East Egg and
its disdain of West Egg’s new money, are a few applications of the themes.
The boat is a representation of us the reader embarking on a journey to our
destinations or goals, the current is what prevents our goals, while the opposite direction of our
goals is already covered, metaphorically the past. Gatsby’s reliving of his past is evident as he
continued to chase Daisy due to their romance. From his first glance of her, Gatsby viewed
Daisy as the embodiment of perfection; elegance and opulence. Their love was short lived due
to Gatsby being drafted into the army during World War I, but the mutual love never
disappeared. “'I wouldn’t ask too much of her', I ventured.”’You can’t repeat the past.' 'Can’t
repeat the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!' I’m going to fix everything
just the way it was before; he said, nodding determinedly.'” (pg.110) Gatsby outright
proclaimed his intention of repeating the past. Daisy and Gatsby’s past is...
Mrs. blahblah Great Gatsby Essay English
"So we beat on boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past". This
metaphor represents Gatsby, Nick, and people in general striving to achieve their goals, reliving
the past, and the conflicts undertaken while pursuing our goals. This is the connection shared
between us and the characters within the novel of "The Great Gatsby. Nick's reference
pertaining to his experiences, along with friends and acquaintances highlights these central
themes within the novel. For instance, Gatsby’s struggle to achieve his success, Nick’s return to
his hometown, along with the emotional struggle between the old aristocracy of East Egg and
its disdain of West Egg’s new money, are a few applications of the themes.
The boat is a representation of us the reader embarking on a journey to our
destinations or goals, the current is what prevents our goals, while the opposite direction of our
goals is already covered, metaphorically the past. Gatsby’s reliving of his past is evident as he
continued to chase Daisy due to their romance. From his first glance of her, Gatsby viewed
Daisy as the embodiment of perfection; elegance and opulence. Their love was short lived due
to Gatsby being drafted into the army during World War I, but the mutual love never
disappeared. “'I wouldn’t ask too much of her', I ventured.”’You can’t repeat the past.' 'Can’t
repeat the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!' I’m going to fix everything
just the way it was before; he said, nodding determinedly.'” (pg.110) Gatsby outright
proclaimed his intention of repeating the past. Daisy and Gatsby’s past is...