Tom and Daisy. ' "I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured. You can't repeat the past." "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" '
I think Gatsby's vain hope of the past repeating itself, and that things could change just like so, is a hope we have all once shared. Personally, I know I used to wish that my parents didn't divorce. That things could have stayed as they were. In hindsight I see that maybe things wouldn't have been picture perfect if they hadn't. The fighting would have continued and neither would be truly happy. Sure, I would have a Dad and Mum would have a husband, but true happiness wouldn't follow along as easily. In the same way, Gatsby just assumes Daisy can switch off her love for Tom and turn to him just as easily and therefore that they will live in an euphoric existence. I think he, as all of us do, doesn't think of what that would entail. Tom would be furious and so Tom would either kill Gatsby or Tom would have to die. That would be sheer terror and create havoc whichever scenario happened. Daisy's child would grow up without her biological father. These things that may seem minor details to Gatsby but would definitely degrade the brilliance of having the person back. Gatsby, and all those that have experienced this, viewed things with a slightly blurred vision. Those that have gone through this can view it in hindsight and draw an alternate view from it!
I think Gatsby's vain hope of the past repeating itself, and that things could change just like so, is a hope we have all once shared. Personally, I know I used to wish that my parents didn't divorce. That things could have stayed as they were. In hindsight I see that maybe things wouldn't have been picture perfect if they hadn't. The fighting would have continued and neither would be truly happy. Sure, I would have a Dad and Mum would have a husband, but true happiness wouldn't follow along as easily. In the same way, Gatsby just assumes Daisy can switch off her love for Tom and turn to him just as easily and therefore that they will live in an euphoric existence. I think he, as all of us do, doesn't think of what that would entail. Tom would be furious and so Tom would either kill Gatsby or Tom would have to die. That would be sheer terror and create havoc whichever scenario happened. Daisy's child would grow up without her biological father. These things that may seem minor details to Gatsby but would definitely degrade the brilliance of having the person back. Gatsby, and all those that have experienced this, viewed things with a slightly blurred vision. Those that have gone through this can view it in hindsight and draw an alternate view from it!
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