Dwelling in the past may make you want to go back and revisit what everything use to be like. But sometimes the lust for the past can be misleading. Some people have love as fake as a three dollar bill. It may be a good time to go back into the past and relive it, but it may not turn out the way you thought it would.
One person that really represents the theme is Daisy. She had a past relationship with Jay Gatsby and when he left for the war she found Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Tom fell in love even though Daisy still loved Gatsby, but didn’t think he was coming back so she decided to marry Tom and spend the rest of her life with him. On page 76 Daisy says, “Here deares’. Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em …show more content…
Daisy cheating on Tom with Gatsby is one example because they were past lovers that found each other back, yet Daisy didn’t want to stay with him in the end. “I wanted somebody who wouldn’t gossip. Daisy comes over quite often in the afternoons.” Said on page 114, where you realize that he thinks that he and Daisy are a real deal now. Another example is Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson both cheating on a significant other though Myrtle looked mostly at Tom’s love as money and yet in the end that doesn’t work out …show more content…
Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Jordan were all sitting around talking. It all exploded with madness when Tom asked Gatsby a bunch of questions out of the blue. After that Gatsby told Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. She tried and sort of did, but then in the end she said that she couldn’t because she did love Tom once. “Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom,” she admitted in a pitiful voice. “It wouldn’t be true.” Said on page 133 which should make Gatsby realize that she won’t every leave Tom for
One person that really represents the theme is Daisy. She had a past relationship with Jay Gatsby and when he left for the war she found Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Tom fell in love even though Daisy still loved Gatsby, but didn’t think he was coming back so she decided to marry Tom and spend the rest of her life with him. On page 76 Daisy says, “Here deares’. Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em …show more content…
Daisy cheating on Tom with Gatsby is one example because they were past lovers that found each other back, yet Daisy didn’t want to stay with him in the end. “I wanted somebody who wouldn’t gossip. Daisy comes over quite often in the afternoons.” Said on page 114, where you realize that he thinks that he and Daisy are a real deal now. Another example is Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson both cheating on a significant other though Myrtle looked mostly at Tom’s love as money and yet in the end that doesn’t work out …show more content…
Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Jordan were all sitting around talking. It all exploded with madness when Tom asked Gatsby a bunch of questions out of the blue. After that Gatsby told Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. She tried and sort of did, but then in the end she said that she couldn’t because she did love Tom once. “Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom,” she admitted in a pitiful voice. “It wouldn’t be true.” Said on page 133 which should make Gatsby realize that she won’t every leave Tom for