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I met Daisy five years ago, before I went to fight in the Great War. You see old sport, I was just a poor soldier and she was a rich, beautiful maiden. We loved each other and I told her to wait for me to return home from the war. Until recently, that was the last time I saw her. I went of to war, won medals from every allied nation, including one from Montenegro. At the war's conclusion, I wrote Daisy to tell her I would be going to Oxford School in England, then I would return home; I never heard back.
Staying in England only five months, I returned to find Daisy had married Tom Buchanan, heir to one of the largest fortunes in the United States. I still held hope though that one day she would be with me, but I needed to make some money. You see old sport, in the 1920s, making vast fortunes is not hard if you know the right people, which I do, and so I amassed a great fortune. With my new wealth, I decided to buy a mansion in West Egg across the bay from where Daisy lives in East Egg. You see old sport, there is a green light the flashes at the end of her dock, and sometimes I walk out to the end of my dock and reach my hand toward the light. It is like I can almost reach out and grab her, she is so close to me. She is also the reason I through my parties every weekend. I always hope old sport that one day she will wander in and I can see her, but it has never happened.
I do not know why she continues to stay with Tom Buchanan? He only cares about image, and he does not love her like I do. Daisy deserves much better than Tom, that much I know. Thanks to Daisy's cousin and my friend, Nick Carraway, I say Daisy for the first time in five years the other day at tea. From just talking to her, and the expressions on her face as I showed her my home, I know she would be much happier with me. This is just like we always planned.
Annie, old sport, is this pushing too far? Even though Daisy says she still love me, could she really love Tom Buchanan too? Is it wrong to try to get the love of my life back? I am so close to having the life I have always dreamed while sharing it with woman I have always dreamed about; yet something does not feel just right. Any advice would be appreciated old sport.
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-- The "Great" Gatsby
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Dear "Great:" Love is a powerful and vital human emotion. It allows us to care, gives us empathy and compassion, and it is something that, at a certain level, everyone craves. The nasty side of love (yes there is one) is that it can lead people to make blind and impulsive decisions based off of it, and this can lead to tragedy and heartache.
This is what I see happening to you. You love Daisy, you have since the moment you met her. Daisy has made her decision though, she chose to marry Tom Buchanan rather than wait for you. No one forced Daisy to do this; she is a grown woman and can make her own decisions. She chose. It is said that a person cannot repeat the past, and this is true. You need to stop living in the past and see the reality of the situation. You need to stop and look at what the consequences of your actions will be.
In your letter you asked if it was wrong to try to get the love of you life back. My response, look at the situation, it is different for everyone. In your case though, I think your pursuing of Daisy will be detrimental to at least one, but possibly every party involved. If I read correctly about the family, Tom and Daisy have a daughter. Your pursuing of Daisy could lead to a break up of that little girl's family, and for what? Are you willing to destroy a family simply because you cannot control your emotions? Are you willing to let you desires get in the way of the big picture? Also, by trying to pull Daisy from her established family, you are laying the heaviest burden on her, you are making her choose. Is this fair to Daisy, giving her the ultimate decision whether to leave her family or not? In my opinion, if you truly loved Daisy, you would not make her choose, nor would you endorse her to sin by cheating with you. You also assume that Tom Buchanan is only concerned about image, but you do not know the details of his heart. Do not assume that at some level he does not love Daisy, this is a foolish thought.
You truly love Daisy, and your motives are pure, that is easy to see. However, as I said at the beginning of my letter love can lead to people making blind decisions. This is what I believe you are doing, and you are so caught up in your desires that you do not see it. Let go. Let go of the past, for you can never change it. Let go of your desires and lust, for they will only lead to heartbreak and despair. Let go of your life as you wanted it to be, it will never come to fruition. While you may not want to hear this, it is true. You must move on with your life or you will remain stuck in a rut, continually spinning your wheels gaining nothing but hurt, sorrow and tragedy.
My best advice, let her go.
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Notes
- The newest The Great Gatsby film was released in 2013. Its most notable actors include Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway. More information about the movie can be found using the provided link below.
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/
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Works Cited
"The Great Gatsby." IMDb. Amazon.com, 2016. Web. 24 Apr. 2016.
"Annie's Mailbox." Arcamax Publishings. Arcamax.com, 2016. Web. 4 Mar. 2016.
Great letters!
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