Old Wisdom [o, Alter]

Now they did it. Dakota wasn’t about to shut up. "So- so Humans have this place called America. I think it’s.... supposed to be like a paradise. The dream is that you get there, you work really hard, and then you get to live in peaceful retirement....." He paused in his speech to take a breather and reminded himself to stutter. "But.... it’s a lie. You don’t get to retire. You work yourself to death. All the char-characters get to success because they all came into money.... Gatsby, Daisy, the main character.... " he thought about it more. "Myrtle is trying to achieve the dream through her affair while her real- real husband works." Stop. Too much. "And Gatsby.... despite having all this wealth and money, wants- wants Daisy so much. He has all the money in the world but he isn’t happy."

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