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JTHipster  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish Great Gatsby Parties

The Green lights that the school children have are entirely appropriate, when you really think about it.





AlderaanDuran  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The meaning of the green light could be up to interpretation. To me the green light wasn't a goal in the book, it was an unhealthy obsession.

Easily my favorite book of all time.

JTHipster  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I always saw it as the goal that could never be reached.

That kid won't be a neurosurgeon. I wanted to be an inventor or involved in robotics. Nope.

All of your dreams are dead.

ecib  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, the teachers could well have had the students write "My siren's name is: _____"

JakobVirgil  ·  4222 days ago  ·  link  ·  

as unhealthy obsessions?