The Great Gatsby Ending Analysis

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The Never Ending Dream Everyone’s goal in life is happiness. Happiness comes in many forms and it is subjective to any individual. In order to satisfy one’s pursuit to happiness, they must evaluate their interests in life. In the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”, Gatsby’s pursuit towards happiness all depends on Daisy. Fitzgerald ends the novel with “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 out our arms farther ... And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” because he wanted to demonstrate the sacrifices people have to make in order to achieve their form of happiness.Furthermore the quote illustrates that people are still caught up in the past in hopes of changing it reaching the green light which is parallel to the American dream. Fitzgerald ends the novel with the …show more content…

“ I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before, he said nodding determinedly. She’ll see.”(Fitzgerald 110). Gatsby wants to fix the past unaware of the fact that instead of fixing the past he should built his future and learn from the mistakes he made before.Gatsby denies that he cannot repeat the past. “ “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “ Why? Of course you can!” ”.Gatsby believes that he is capable of repeating the past and that is the only thing that can bring him Daisy or in other words his happiness back. Learning and gaining experience from the past can help people get one step closer to their goals but repeating past is impossible and does nothing, but being

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