How Does Daisy Repeat The Future

This is noticeable when he is talking to Nick. He thinks he can fix everything which we see when he is talking to Nick, “ ‘ I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,’ Gatsby said, and nodding determinedly. ‘She’ll see.’ ”(110). At this point in the novel Gatsby sees how close his goal is, but he feels that the only way to get Daisy is to repeat the past and ignore the present, so she can feel the way she did about Gatsby before she met Tom. All the characters in this book will do anything to repeat the past, and do not see all the opportunities in front of them. Yet they are living in the roaring twenties, when everyone was trying to move forward with there lives. This idea from society is ironic to the characters in the book, because society is taking advantage of these opportunities of being wealthy, getting jobs, and living in the moment. Ironically Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom are living in the past, trying to take advantage of of opportunities that have already ended, specifically with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship.

In the book The Great Gatsby the past is one of the most important things about him. The novel is centered around Gatsby's ideas of repeating the past. Gatsby tries man attempts to relive his past. “ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ “ “ ‘Of course you can!’ ”(Fitzgerald 116). Gatsby doesn’t want to accept what has happened in the past and what’s happening in present time. He wants to go back to the way it was with Daisy. Throughout the novel Gatsby tries to relive his past with Daisy. There is important text in chapter five that follows this idea. “... caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place.” (Fitzgerald 91). This shows Gatsby’s attempt to stop time and repeating the past. However Jay Gatsby not being able to recreate his past is a source of sadness to Gatsby. The quote is saying that Gatsby has an unrealistic life, based on a reality that will not be never be possible. The one thing Gatsby really wants is to relive his past with Daisy. That’s the unrealistic life he can’t have. “... he was running down like an overwound clock.” (Fitzgerald 97). Gatsby finally got what he wanted for years. For most people achieving a goal is a accomplishment. For Gatsby having something in the present isn’t quite as good as your past self viewed it to

Fitzgerald furthers this claim through flashbacks with Gatsby presenting Daisy with an ideal illusion as well. Once Gatsby attempts to change his past, Gatsby’s true remembrance of Daisy becomes misconstrued in the very same way. Nick describes Gatsby’s struggle with coping with the non-Platonic reality of the present as “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (98). Gatsby instills Daisy with an idealized perfection associated with his biased memories of the past; however this view decays away as Gatsby begins to realize that Daisy’s

Gatsby was convinced he could alter events from his past because the alternative of accepting his current reality was too difficult. In the beginning, Gatsby and Daisy were in love but were separated because Gatsby was drafted. However, Daisy did not patiently wait for his return

Gatsby is trying to control his truth because he tries to ignore the fact that their relationship will never be the same as it was in the past. Nick describes Gatsby’s struggle with his accepting this truth saying “he did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city…”(Fitzgerald 189). Gatsby allows his obsession with the idea of being with Daisy to prevent him from grasping reality for what it really is because he is too clouded by this surreal idea of achieving his fantasy life. This ignorance prevents him from identifying or making effort to correct his flaws. Instead, Gatsby childishly decides to use his failure as a motivation to continue his pursuit for Daisy without grasping the consequences of his actions. This ideally makes him not great because he brings about his own demise due to his inability to see that his actions will not bring about the ending he desires,

The truth is, as hard as he tries to repeat the past, he cannot. “Just tell him the truth-that you never loved him-and it’s all wiped out forever,” (The Great Gatsby 132). Gatsby believes if he can get Daisy to say this then everything is erased and they can go live happily. His dream of them running off and getting married cannot happen unless she says this to Tom. Even if Daisy did say it to Tom is simply isn’t true. She had moments with Tom that Gatsby doesn’t know about, moments where she truly loved Tom. All of the memories cannot be erased by one sentence. “‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’ . . . ‘I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,’ he said, nodding determinedly. ‘She’ll see.’” (The Great Gatsby 110). He thinks he can repeat the past and live the life they used to as kids. Everyone around him knows this is not possible but in his mind he thinks he can make it work. He is determined to live out his dream even if it is a lie. In addition, he slowly sees his dreams fade away from

Throughout the whole novel Gatsby tries to impress Daisy by throwing huge amazing parties and showing off his wealth by showing off what he buys. But in chapter 7 it says, “Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don’t think he had ever really believed in its existence before.” (Fitz. Ch.7) So while Gatsby was busy trying to impress her, Daisy already engaged in being a mother to someone else’s baby. No matter what Gatsby did, Daisy already had a future with someone else. Daisy was already in a secured life with someone who can give her anything she wants while being a mother. One example that Gatsby tried to be with Daisy is when Daisy killed Myrtle where it says, “ Did you see and trouble on the road? He asked a after a minute. “Yes.” He hesitated. “Was she killed?” “Yes.” “I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It’s better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well.” He spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.”(Fitz. Ch.7) Gatsby took the blame for murder just so he can get with Daisy. He risks going to jail because he loves Daisy yet, Daisy would still go to her husband because she cares more about security and comfort than actual

Though the past does not determine an individual he insists that he himself Gatsby the “lavishly one” is who he really is. Ever since he has met Daisy he strived only for wealth, his imagination and hope was pushing him towards greatness he had dreams; and one living a dream cannot exist without his dreams becoming reality; which seems to be the result of his death. He had nothing to live for without Daisy in his life, yes she mentioned that she would wait for him but Tom Buchanan eventually became her husband. He is who her family wanted her to be with, he was of high social status just like Daisy; and Gatsby was in full force competition for her hoping he would eventually have her to himself but never

While talking to Nick, he wants togo back to where he and Daisy have left off five years ago wanting to start over again. Gatsby disagrees with Nick, he is content it will work, “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can…I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before” (Fitzgerald 110). Also, it's not a coincidence that Gatsby bought a house across the bay from Daisy. In conclusion, this explains why Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy, he threw extravagant parties and shows off his real estate to Daisy indicating everything he has done was all for

Furthermore, the cause of Gatsby’s failure is the belief that he can repeat the past and convince Daisy to leave her easygoing lifestyle. He eventually even wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him, which is way too much of a task for the muddled Daisy. Daisy cries, “Oh, you want too much! I love you now-isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past” (Fitzgerald 132).

Gatsby throughout the whole story tries to bring current Daisy back into the past five years and resume from there. But, time has affected both of them in different ways and during these five years they have both changed into different people whether they wanted to or not. Time effects people in a lot of different ways and it could be for the greater good or perhaps

The most important thing to gatsby is time, because he wants to erase five years from his and daisy’s life. “can't repeat the past? why of course you can!

in TGG Fitzgerald creates Gatsby who wants relive the past "He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” Gatsby, by changing his name, in a way creates himself anew, making his life more like that of a god. The religious illusion of daisy being compared to the "holy grail" and Gatsby's dream is like a nights quest, showing once again the dreams spiritual nature. Also, Gatsby after the car accident, looking over daisy from her yard, trying to protect her. His watch over her window is compared to a vigil, and while Nick talked to Gatsby that night, he sensed that his presence was ruining the "sacredness" of the moment. However, Gatsby's vigil was over nothing- daisy was never in her room that night - much like Gatsby’s dream is over a non-existent person. The daisy he met and fell in love with years ago is not the same person anymore, and as much as Gatsby thinks he can repeat the past, in the real world its proven to be impossible. On one level, Fitzgerald gives us Gatsby's dream as a spiritual quest, but on another level, we find out that this is another reason why his dream fails. Therefore, Fitzgerald

Gatsby was stuck with his own imagination, planning what life would be like with Daisy when he returned, unaware that she had moved on. His focus was to turn back time to the way it was when he and Daisy first met five years ago to start their relationship over.

Gatsby’s hope is so great that even though Daisy is married to Tom and they are having an affair, he supposes that everything can go back as how it used to be as long was Daisy will say that she has never loved Tom. After Gatsby told Nick his plan on winning Daisy, Nick says, "I wouldn't ask too much of her," [Nick] ventured. "You can't repeat the past.” "Can't repeat the past?" [Gatsby] cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!” (pg. 106)