gatsby quote analysis

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us....so we beat on, boats against the tide, borne back ceaselessly into the past." The significance of this quote is the attitude Gatsby had, opposed to the popular attitude in the 1920's. Gatsby was looking forward to the future, even planning it out. Others in the time period cared only for the present, thus dooming themselves to ever repeat the past. The irony is that Gatsby was the one who wanted to repeat his past in the future.