The Past

Box 1 Box 2 Box 3

“Can’t repeat the past? Why of 1. The story revolves
course you can!” around Gatsby and his  Gatsby- He acts the way
(Fitzgerald, 118) longing for Daisy. he does because of his
Gatsby Does not see life’s past.
anything wrong with  Daisy- She tries to
trying to go back to the forget her past.
way things were.
2. Yes, the novel
continuously goes back
and forth between the
past, present, and future.
3. Yes, through the
character Gatsby.

Final Box
Ms. O’Reilly- This idea is important for
the novel because it relates to the overall
motive for Gatsby. Everything that
Gatsby has accomplished is to win over
Daisy which he held onto years prior.
Gatsby has repeated over and over his
past life accomplishments, to show who
he is and was as a man.