Mislaid Limbs
Time is timeless, like a broken clock growling menacingly. As the hours passed, the future receded. Daisy was rested lifelessly, feeling disorientated like a broken doll. Unable to disconnect from the torturous flashbacks encountered when her eyes were closed. Each night, the battle between Daisy’s past and present began, sparking a perplexed disarray of her future, always leaving her with a sick sensation. The tragic events of the previous eight years had Daisy feeling imprisoned in her own skin. Parallel to the obscurity she felt in the roaring Summer of 1922.
As the night drew close and the trees donned their vibrant hues. A chill crept into the air. The desolate Autumn evening had arrived. After hours had passed, Tom arrived home. He thudded up the stairs, stumbling into the freshly painted pearl white coated walls of their bedroom. Daisy was indeed unimpressed with his manner. However, she continued as though she was unaware of his evident drunken state and pretended to remain in a deep sleep. Moments later, Tom was in a blissful state of
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His lustful desire for money and materialistic possessions destroyed him. His inability to forgive Daisy for loving Gatsby, and transcend onwards from the past, ignited his anguish like a flame. Tom was like a weed infecting delicate flower beds. For the past is in the past, one must move on to prosper. However, Tom was driven by revenge and was determined to ruin Daisy, just as her love for Gatsby tore him up inside. It was a foolish act of vengeance, revealing his innate insecurity, but Tom saw it as his easiest way to ‘one up’ Daisy. Tom had another secret yet to be unearthed. Nobody suspected a thing, not even Daisy. Tom was on the verge of bankruptcy. He had lost all of his wealth through a combination of gambling and failed investments due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. For the first time in Tom’s life he was struggling to maintain his power and