“This Isn’t Déjà Vu"

“History repeats itself.”-Anonymous. “Can the past be repeated?” Such question has baffled the minds of many for a countless number of years. I am here to say that the past only repeats it, because it does not really repeat itself. To be quite clear, one cannot repeat the past. Throughout the ages, many develop the impression that the past is every much repetitive, but is it really? Some may say to an extent, but I on the other hand disagree. History does not repeat itself; people repeat themselves. While events may appear similar to one another, the circumstances always contrast. Whether it is, location, society, or the overall situation, etc., the occasion differs from one or more of the previously listed elements.
“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!” 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. “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he said, nodding determinedly. The previous passage could be found on chapter 6 of Fitzgerald’s literary merit, “The Great Gatsby,” Nick tells the protagonist [Gatsby] that he could not repeat the past. In this particular section found within the original text, the author may perhaps have attempted to imply that “what has been done, could not be undone.” Meaning that one may not change the past. If referring back to the section’s alternate translation to Nick’s “you can't repeat the past.” It might also mean that Gatsby cannot reincarnate Daisy’s love. Cannot recreate what they had before, due to everything that has been occurring in the present. For example, Daisy is married and raising a child, this somewhat interrupts Gatsby’s plan to win Daisy’s previous affection. To set matters in a more historic perspective, think back to Europe’s Germany in both World War I and World War II. Germany's behavior