Using characters and situations from the novel, examine this last passage from the novel and explain how it supports Fitzgerald’s message to the reader about the American Dream.

Consider this final statement from Nick in chapter 9: “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 one fine morning–So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Using characters and situations from the novel, examine this last passage from the novel and explain how it supports Fitzgerald’s message to the reader about the American Dream.