Memorable Passage

"And as I sat there, brooding on the old unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.

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."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I have always loved Fitzgerald's style of writing and the underlying theme of The Great Gatsby. This was the first book I read that inspired me to write something truly great- a book that meant something. Before, I had written simply to entertain. Now I have to find purpose in my writing in order to continue the story. I used to think more about my characters and their importance to the story, but after reading The Great Gatsby I am more focused on the impact the characters and their story have on the readers. Fitzgerald taught me what a four dimensional novel looked like and how important it is to have purpose in your writing.