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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.

Oli
05-27-2011, 10:55 AM
one fine morning we will find that incorruptable dream?

Shell Mcc
01-22-2013, 09:43 AM
I think it's saying that no matter how much you strive for wealth and the status and respect that comes with it you cannot escape your past. In other words Gatsby tried in vain to reach an end goal (impressing Daisy with his wealth) but in the end it was all in vain. He lost out. He died and had few friends come to his funeral.

kelby_lake
01-23-2013, 05:21 PM
It's that one fine morning that will never come. We aim towards it but it cannot be achieved, hence the interrupted sentence.