Gatsby Analysis

Fitzgerald's shadowy reflections defines a epiphany that the flow of time pushes back against the world's progression forward. Time cancels its own flow and leaves the world in the past with no true ways to proceed forward into the new future. The world as a whole has not changed in a great way like in the past such as the discovery of the new western hemisphere.

The famous final line of The Great Gatsby " , so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past, " causes the world as "boats" to sail against the ongoing flow of time in an effort to reach a new future as the flow of time continuously pushes the world backwards. Ideas from the past stay current without the forward movement of new ideas to replace the defunct ideas. Progression forward can not be achieved without new ideas to break the world out of the trap that keeps old ideas at the front and new ideas never form to conquer the old way of thinking.

As the world unknown to civilization came "face to face" with the old world in Europe, humanity stared ", for the last time in history," at a new opportunity to find a break in the current of time and the future. The Americas created a renewed longing for discovery and expansion. The following centuries all became plagued with ideas, products, and resources stemming from the entire continents before unknown to the majority of the populace. Our world now must find a new grand discovery in order to create a massive wave that places humanity in a future without any of the ideas or ways dominating the world stage.

Fitzgerald details the place the world now finds itself rapped and weakly fighting against. The faceless torrent of time shoves the population back. The reaction and push against the rush of time only allows the world to stay in the current time. The world must find a new discovery to quickly advance against time to bring new ideas and create a shining future for the world.