Student: Valentina Briscioli

Subject: Reading and Writing

Teacher: Deborah Leonard
Group 1

Diary Entries

DAISY ENTRIES

Tomorrow is my wedding but all I think about is the letter I received. That precious letter that

reminded me of everything I felt for Gatsby. And the only thing that occurs to me is to grab a

bottle of Sauterne to forget about all my doubts, those doubts that eat me up and I wonder if

what I'm doing is the right thing or wrong one, if I chose the right man. I don’t want to think

and have the strength to leave Tom and find Gatsby.

But I can't do it, it's simply impossible. I want the luxuries that Tom can offer me and the

string of pearls he gave me is beautiful, and the beginning of a life full of luxuries. So my

head and heart are playing a battle between what I want and what I feel. On second thought,

Tom is the one my family decided on, and if we think about it a little more we already have

every detail prepared for tomorrow, I can't let anyone know, I can't allow rumors to be

around, I have to forget about Gatsby and get him completely out of my system. On top of

that I have my whole life to be able to fall in love with Tom. He is the right choice.

GATSBY ENTRIES:

Today I was encouraged to write and send a letter to my dear Daisy. Which said that I could

never forget her, even the slightest actions and smells made me remember her. She begged

her to come back into my arms, to be together again like those days in Louisville. I wrote that

letter from the heart with my purest feelings. I prayed that she would not marry Tom, that she

would wait for me, that she would come with me, that I would always be waiting for her. I
Student: Valentina Briscioli
Subject: Reading and Writing
Teacher: Deborah Leonard
Group 1

made her see my pain for her decision and I assured her that I would never forget her. Until

the day I die, I will have her on my mind.

I’m waiting for the day she receives the letter. I hope she thinks of us, that she gives us a

second chance, that she decides not to give up on us. I want to know what she decides. I hope

that this time nothing stands in our way, so that we can be together and happy. Since I can't

think of a life without her, I prefer to think of us in a few years together laughing at all this

we're going through, becoming a family and going through every problem together.