The Present or The Past?

In The Great Gatsby, Nick tries to tell Gatsby that you cannot recreate the past, but Gatsby insists, “why of course you can” with money.

First of all, money cannot buy a lot of things, and time is definitely one of those things. Also, I believe that the past can be recreated. However, if one learns or already knows about the past, he or she cannot artificially manufacture that past event. The past is meant to be taught, to children in schools, adults, etc., because we don’t want those events to happen again. If you are not aware of the past, though, it may repeat by accident.

We all know that the past and the future exist, but does the present exist? Many would argue that there is a present and even the dictionary argues that “right now” is the present. What is “right now” though? Some people may say it’s today or something they are doing at the time. I believe that the present is the exact moment that you are living. You cannot see that exact moment, however, because by the time you think of it, it has already passed into the past.

What controls the past and the future? Is it time? Does time really exist though? Time is such a unique abstract idea in our lives, and it is sometimes hard to believe that time really exists because the only thing that can keep track of it is a clock – something we made. Imagine if we didn’t have clocks. We would all just think life was moving along without even questioning there is something out there called time.