Repeat

George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Following this quote, I would be expected to discuss some of the terrible actions committed in our history and that if we don’t learn about these events, they are bound to be repeated in the future. Well I slightly disagree; let us repeat history. Although our nation has endured dark and shameful times, our history is also honorable and full of progress, innovation, patriotism, and triumph. The United States’

You can’t repeat the past. Yes, you heard right, as much as we want to stay in the moment it won’t last endlessly sadly. Now there are those that take to accept that reality and those who refute it and try to do their best to avert the inevitable. There is a great book that depicts this perfectly, and that is The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald. One of the main characters Gatsby believes you can repeat the past. Then there is another main character named Nick who tells him that you can’t do it

Between 1993 and 1995, twenty four states enacted three strikes sentencing policy which calls for much harsher sentencing of repeat felony offender. Most sentences for these repeat offender called for a minimum punishment of a life sentence with possibility of release until twenty five years have been served (1 Marvell, Moody 89). These laws where created to target and punish what lawmakers believed to be the small percentage of criminals that where committing the majority of serious crimes such

H.R.1501 - Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999. H.R. 1809 focuses more on non-violent offenders, H.R. 1501 focuses towards violent and repeat offenders. Legislation Option 1: H.R. 1501 was introduced to the House on 04/21/1999 and passed through both the House and the Senate, the main focus of this Bill was “to provide quality prevention programs and accountability programs relating to juvenile delinquency” (H.R. 1501). This bill helps to solve some

mansion across the water from her house and throwing extravagant parties to attract her attention even though she is married. While at one of Gatsby’s parties, Nick tries to warn him that he can’t repeat the past. “‘I wouldn’t ask too much of her,” I ventured. ‘You can’t repeat the past.’ ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’” (Fitzgerald 110) This perfectly showcases how much hope Gatsby has, and how much of a need he has to go back to the time when he was with

In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story of a man who is a symbol for the lost American Dream is told. “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can.” Jay Gatsby spoke these blindly hopeful words revealing his fixation with the past and his need to recover something from it. Through Jay Gatsby’s trials and tribulations in his endeavor to recapture the past, the reader is told of his upbringing and how it planted the seed for his future relationship

Nick tells Gatsby “you can't repeat the past” gatsby responds with “Why of course you can!” I believe gatsby is wrong in this situation. The Great Gatsby does a very good job in showing us that gatsby is wrong in many different ways and examples. There are also many real life that can be used as examples to Gatsby being wrong. Also in life and in the book there are opportunities where you can repeat the past in a good or bad way. My first example of why you can’t repeat the past is in life emotional

Why do we see so many repeat offenders? Could it be that it is the only life the criminal has ever known? Could it be that there is no structure or routine in the criminal’s life, so they have to keep committing crimes to get back into prison? Could it be that the criminal has never been taught any better? Could it be that the prison system has failed to rehabilitate the criminal? There are many theories as to why the criminal justice system has failed to turn the lives around of criminals. I have

“Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” --Santayana The quote “Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” --Santayana Expresses the fact that people have made mistakes in the past, and some others continued to make those same mistakes. But why do these mistakes keep reoccurring? It happens because some people, don’t pay much attention from what happened before, or some others, just don’t happen to have it matter to them. Hitler for example tried to invade

"Can’t repeat the past?. Why of course you can!” It is the confident yet foolish and situationally ironic sentence spoken by the great Jay Gatsby himself. The quote itself is very ironic, especially considering the downfall of his existence started based on the fact that he simply couldn't let go of the past. Even though he had wealth and success, his inability to let go of Daisy would cause him to reap dire consequences, the greatest of all being death, He also showed blinding ambition that stopped