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Not Leting Go In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald presents the ideas of not living in the past, and knowing when enough is enough. He does this through Gatsby having this perfect image of the past Daisy, and still trying to get her to fall for him after she has a family and obligations. The obligations being Tom and her daughter along with her image of a loyal undivoerced woman. In The Great Gatsby, Fitsgerrald shows the effects of not leting go and its negativity. The effects of living in the past prevent Gatsby from conecting with Daisy beacuse she changed. Daisy had a family an image to represent. Though she dosent know her baby very well she stil needs the whole family together. 77 “‘Once in a while i go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and …show more content…

Gatsby dreamed of the future, “ believed in the green light … Tommorow we will run faster, stretch our arms out further.” (Fitzgerald 180). when people believe in something the way Gatsby did about Daisy we struggle to let go. When you work hard for something that you truly want, and you get as close as Gatsby, it gets to be like there is no other choice. Gatsby had felt so close to the one thing he wanted the green light at the end of the dock. “Gatsby Believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” (Fitzgerald 180). The green light was Daisy, and the future he wanted with her. He worked to become rich shady or not he worked day and night for it. Gatsby did this in an effort to Get back with daisy. The green light in the story symbolizes his aspartations for his future with Daisy. He would stand at the end of the dock and think about her. He felt closer to her while looking at the light. Because he felt so close to the light he wouldnt let go of the idea of Dasiy eventually getting him

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