Dialectical Journal For The Great Gatsby

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It’s been twelve years since Gatsby has passed away, looking back at all the times we shared together I regret so much, I now realize what Gatsby felt like when I told him I would wait for him but fell in love with Tom; that feeling of unrequited love must've hurt Gatsby so much. I think it's kind of funny how I remember the way I used to act, how I would always explicitly ask almost every man, “Are you in love with me?” knowing without a doubt that I was leading them on to believe they might have a chance with me but they didn’t have an y sort of chance at all, I was only satisfying my pride to feel manipulative, although I do admit it felt powerful and so atrocious. What I do regret the most is not going to Gatsby funeral when I know that …show more content…
So I did go back to that day to make everything better, the first thing I did was talk to Gatsby and tell him, "your life's work finally did pay off, I am here because of the time and effort you put into this project" he was absolutely astonished by what he heard and just had a blank expression on his face with his mouth open. It was quite humorous so I decided to tell him everything about his future and how he dies because it was all my fault. He couldn't accept any of what she told him so Gatsby claimed, "It is impossible to change the course of history because the past and future are fixed, it cannot be changed; so whatever you intended to do when you travel back in time would have already happened before you even traveled back, if I was to die tomorrow then I will die tomorrow and there's nothing you can do to change anything. Although you can try and stop by my funeral if you'd like, I love you with all my heart Daisy." I was in tears when he said that nothing could be changed or fixed and the mistakes I made I'd have to live with forever, maybe I just need to learn to accept that I was wrong and never again will I go back to being the person I once was. The next day Gatsby was waiting for Wilson to show up and he waited for far too long that he realized I

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