The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: In Pursuit of a Dream

"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." (189) The most prominent theme of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is of dreams. Every character is ceaselessly chasing the American Dream, whatever their interpretation of that dream is. Attempting to mold themselves into individuals that might satisfy their idealistic society, they cannot reali…