Question

Nick: "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured. "You can't repeat the past."

Gatsby: "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!"
Why does Gatsby think that he can repeat the past? Provide three examples.

Answer 1

"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. This quote says that what has happened in the past can happen again.