The Great Gatsby First Line. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. 'in my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that i've been turning over in my mind ever since.

What is the first line of the great gatsby? In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that i’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. George then finds gatsby in the pool at his mansion and shoots him dead.