So, what do you think? In the episode “All Prologue” from the TV series The Wire, during a prison book club meeting on The Great Gatsby, the convicted gang member D’Angelo Barksdale says:
He’s saying that the past is always with us, and where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it, all this [stuff] matters… It's like you can change up, right, you can say you somebody new, you can give yourself a whole new story. But, what came first is who you really are and what happened before is what really happened. And it don't matter that some fool say he different cuz the only thing that make you different is what you really do, what you really go through…
So, what do you think? Do you agree or disagree with D’Angelo’s analysis of Jay Gatsby? Why or why not? Explain.
I agree with it. Jay Gatsby remains stuck in the ideals of his past and feeds upon them. His whole outwardly persona relies on these desires and troubles. The idea that his difference from others is entirely in what he does and not what he feels/thinks is also true. We can only perceive the actions of others, not their thoughts. Jay Gatsby gave himself a new story because he was unsatisfied with the one he had, the problem was that he simultaneously relied on this "old story" and the old actions and stories of his past rather than acting in result of the present.
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