Is it the upstream the past or the future?

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The Great Gatsby

Is it the upstream the past or the future?

I understand we, the boats go into the past (not the future) against the current of time. Is it right?

Please tell me. I'm no English speaker.

Asked by Mirabeau C #806687 on 7/18/2018 2:07 AM

Last updated by Mirabeau C #806687 on 7/18/2018 5:23 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 7/18/2018 2:56 AM

I think the narrator is illustrating how we are creatures of our past. The metaphor of the struggling boat being forced back by the waves illustrates our past pulling us back. Gatsby cannot trancend his past, not even an imagined past meant to shape his future.

Answered by Mirabeau C #806687 on 7/18/2018 5:23 AM

If you go against the cuttent (of time) does it mean you go upstream of time, that is the past?

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