Living in the Past
While a cliche, it is true that the past is in the past, and that's where it should stay. Allowing our past to consume our present and future will eat away at you. No matter how hard you try, you can neither go back in time to relive the past or recreate the same situations as the past. Each moment in time happens only once, and no matter how great it was, cannot be redone. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby becomes obsessed with the relationship he and Daisy had in the past. Both he and Daisy were in love with each other, but things ended when Gatsby left for war and Daisy found Tom, a man with more money. When Gatsby tries to win Daisy back, he attempts to impress her with his new found wealth in his enormous mansion. Daisy is in awe with Gatsby's luxuries and cries do to the fact that this is the life she could've lived if she had not married Tom. After confessing their love for each other, Gatsby plans to take Daisy back to where they lived when they were to