In life as we know it, no one is perfect. People make mistakes, but it’s each individual’s responsibility to learn from their past and transform it into a better future for themselves. A remarkable example is the novel “The Great Gatsby”, in which the protagonist Jay Gatsby finds himself using lies and trickery to win the heart of his past lover, Daisy Buchanan. Although he shortly succeeds in rekindling that decaying flame, Mr. Gatsby soon finds out in a fatal matter that some lies, although he has good intentions, just aren’t meant to be told. Mr. Gatsby’s truest mistake was clear in this novel, the narrator touches upon this many times throughout the story, constantly uttering how much he despises Mr. Gatsby, although being his close friend.
