Line spacing is the amount of space between two lines of text  within a paragraph. A quick way is to press Ctrl - 2. There are  also longer methods.     Step 1- Cl â¦ ick at any point inside the paragraph OR  select the paragraph.
against the clock. 1  under pressure, as to meet a deadline. ( 2 in certain sports, such as show jumping) timed by a stop clock: the last round will be against the clock.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. In The Great Gatsby, the last sentence reads: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. This refers to the dualities of Gatsby and America.At the end of the novel, Nick aligns himself Gatsby.Nick says Gatsby is worth the whole damn bunch (the Buchanans and Jordan, et al) put together. So, Nick is saying he will get into Gatsby's boat, the one that only sailed backwards on the sea of history--into the past to recapture his childhood dreams.o me, it is Fitzgerald's commentary on the meaning of the novel. Your question says to look back at the previous three paragraphs. To me, those paragraphs are about how, in the past, it was more possible to dream big dreams (like the Dutch sailors did). But now, the world that those Dutch sailors saw has gone.