4 points 16. How does this quote apply to Gatsby's life? "So we beat on, boats
against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."*
Gatsby allowed the fact that he grew up poor get in the way of him becoming
successful.
Despite Gatsby's wealth and success, he still wanted that one thing he couldn't have
from his past: Daisy
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Gatsby refused to repeat the past, so like a boat following the current, he allowed life
to take him wherever he was destined.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile