Is this really it?

In the final chapter i was not too happy with how Fitzgerald decided to tie up loose ends. This chapter seemed to Jump around and throw new ideas around and was not completely coherent to me. The question that came to mind after the ending was is this it? The ending of the book did not really give me closure with the book. Instead of one big ending it gave little life lessons to close up paths in the plot. The ending quote was this "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." and in this quote i found that this whole book relates to this one sentence right here. It describes Gatsby perfectly. Gatsby continued at trying to get Daisy to return to how she was five years ago to no avail. he was like a boat paddling at the current the whole time appears to be approaching it's destination but really is in the same spot it has been. Gatsby shielded out everything around him though he did not really want to know that he was not making progress and possibly was just pushing Daisy away with his demands  He wanted to live in his little world oblivious to what was around him until finally his world and the real world caught up and he was left dead.  

The book itself was a great book possibly one of the best for school i have ever read. However, the ending was not my favorite part at all. But aside  from the ending the whole book was kind of like this mysterious man that came out of nowhere and we do not know what he wants. every chapter revealing more and more. I liked this style of moving through the plot with all the suspense it made the book more enjoyable. Also, the discussions made understanding the difficult ideas and language of the time. I personally found the discussions to make the book more enjoyable. With testing on reading i find reading to be a chore from reading for specific details not enjoying the book and understanding what the author wanted to get across. The blog project made expressing how we feel about the book and understanding ideas and themes to just click as i wrote. The blog project and discussions helped a lot more then tests ever would.