Wednesday, April 25, 2012
What I was thinking when I first met Mr. Gatz…
When Mr. Gatz arrived at Jay Gatsby’s mansion, I was shocked to find that Gatsby did indeed have a family. He never mentioned his father before. I wondered if he was ashamed of his family’s past and his relatively average life before he moved to West Egg. I was curious about Gatsby’s mysterious origins. Did Mr. Gatz know about his son’s success? I thought about Gatsby’s relationship with his father. I wondered how long it has been since he had contact with his family. It must have been hard for Mr. Gatz to hear about his son’s death, after being separated from him for such a long period of time. The pain on his face was an unsettling sight to see. At that moment, I wished that I could have said something to take away that look of anguish.
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I never wanted anyone to find out about my past. Sure, I feel bad about never contacting my own flesh and blood. In order to move forward in the future though, you have to let go of the past, to make a new life for yourself. The only thing I regret is the way my father found out about the death of his own son through a newspaper.
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