jmorgan
05-09-2011, 04:43 AM
I love this ending to the book but something has always intrigued me - it's the inclusion of the words 'And then one fine morning—' what do those words add to the other lines and why does it cut off? Here's the full final paragraph below. It makes the same sense without that part-sentence but what is it adding to the sentiment? To me it reads slightly strangely but is that the point - the thoughts about tomorrow are cut off and interupted... Thanks for any thoughts...
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 then one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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 then one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.