Pg. 110..... “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!”
Gatsby wants to have Daisy back and not let her go. This quote is talking about how he doesn't care if he repeats that past as long as he has Daisy the past and the present don't matter to him. and his future is all about Daisy. That will never change.
Pg. 110.... "I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before. He said, nodding determinedly. "She'll see."
If he had to give everything away just for Daisy Gatsby would. He has only wanted Daisy. Gatsby really wishes that she would just tell Tom the she never loved him and the just go live with Gatsby. I don't think Gatsby realizes that it is that hard to do. I think she genuinely liked Tom in the beginning and then he changed completely.
Pg. 109.... "I feel far away from her," he said. It's hard to make her understand."
He can't make Daisy realize that he is the right one for her. He feels like he is drifting away from her. The party that he had ans she went to. it just didn't do anything right. They were distant from each other and Tom wasn't really happy.
Pg. 105.... "I'd rather look at all these famous people in-- in oblivion."
This quote just really stuck out at me. I felt like it had some hidden meaning to it, but I'm not exactly sure what that is.
Is Gatsby's downfall the fact that he can't forget the past?
ReplyDeleteDaisy is spending a lot of time at Gatsby's. Do you think she was genuinely considering leaving Tom for Gatsby?