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In the following famous line from Gatsby, what does Fitzgerald mean by "boats"? Surely he doesn't mean that we are all vessels for water transportation. Right? So explain the term boats and why he uses that term. And what "current" is he referring to?

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Answer:Nick's conclusion is that “we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past,”

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