By Gatsby trying to make everything like the past, this shows that Gatsby’s always trying to look back on the past and how things used to be. Throughout the book Jay Gatsby tries to make things like they used to be. In attempt to make everything like the past, Gatsby say to Nick “ I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before”, he said nodding. “She’ll see” ( Fitzgerald 110 ). Once again Gatsby is trying to do something that can’t be done. What he’s failing to realize is that everyone has moved on but he’s the only one still stuck in the past. In attempt to make Gatsby realize you can’t repeat the past, Nick says “ I wouldn’t ask too much of her”.....“I ventured you can’t repeat the past” ( Fitzgerald 110 ). Throughout the book, Gatsby always tries to prove that he can make everything like the past. But everyone in the book knows that you can’t repeat the past. In attempt to make Tom feel bad, Gatsby decides to tell Tom “Daisy only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was