The+fight

Whether one will admit to it or not, he or she is afraid of failure. Everyone is afraid of the very thing which might cause him or her to fall from success or from the vision of that ideal future. Therefore, individuals are driven by THE FIGHT against “gravity,” or that which is trying to bring them down.

It is this struggle with the role "gravity" might play in our lives that I believe the novel __The Great Gatsby__ is about.

Both the man holding his body perpendicular to the weight below him and the women floating symbolize this pinnacle state of mind that the "American Dream" is about attaining.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past,” (Fitzgerald, 1925, p. 180).

The boats against the current parallels the notion of gravity, and Nick returns to the concept of the “American Dream” by stating that regardless of the “gravity” pushing down it is the “American” way to keep on “truckin’.”

Deja Vu Can I get back to the beginning? Carry on Wayward Son!

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