"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—tomorrow 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."

i've been looking forward to reading this for so long and i finally read it for english class, and it was so good. fitzgerald's writing is SO GOOD it's so ethereal and grand. it just really made me feel so many things, especially that ending bc damn it is so sad. all of the strategies he used to bring out the idea of the so-called "american dream" with the characters and motifs and symbolism. it was so cool to think about the way he integrated it throughout the whole novel. also lowkey think nick is in love with gatsby?? love this book