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The Great Gatsby Passage Analysis

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Continuing to move freely between the past and the present, Nick states that Gatsby is trying to make his past become his future. The green light on the end of Daisy’s dock has been a reoccurring symbol throughout the book of Gatsby being so close to his dream, but yet it is still out of reach. Gatsby wants his past to be his future, but as the years go on his past with Daisy becomes more distant and more of an unreachable goal. Gatsby lives in the past, hoping that if he stays there long enough it will become his future. Fitzgerald’s use of different time words suggest that no matter how much time passes, Gatsby’s dream will not come true. The passage makes it seem like he will reach his goal “And one fine morning--”, but that comes to an
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