The Great Gatsby Diary Entry

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Diary Entry: Dearest Diary, I don’t know what to do with myself. I saw it happen in front of my very own eyes. One of my biggest fears. She just… burnt to a crisp, and fell into a lifeless heap of ash. I don’t know what to do, say, think- I should probably explain myself and try to make some sense of it. Friday, 13th of April 2016, I was invited to the most anticipated gathering of the year – the ‘Wayward party’. As a typical conformist, parties are not usually the most preferred outing of choice, yet I had never been invited to the ‘Wayward’ party before. With high hopes and an open mind, I proceeded to dress up in elegant clothing and set off to the party. On the way to the party, Anna, my best friend of seventeen years asked for a ride to …show more content…

I miss seeing you both every weekend. With our hearts full of grief, I understand that we are all suffering from her death, yet I want to inform you today, although only being 12 days past, I feel as though I owe you answers of what happened that night. I understand the police gave you the documents and all the information they could from the night. I’m here to say that… It wasn’t Sam who assassinated Anna. It wasn’t myself either – nor was it anyone else from the party. It was, in my best beliefs, spontaneous human combustion – a fabled syndrome which is the ignition of organic matter without an apparent cause – typically through heat generated internally by rapid oxidation. This may sound absolutely ridiculous to you – you have every right to not believe me, yet I stood in front of Anna as her face went as red as a blood moon, and her hands shook like a leaf in a hurricane. I saw Sam before the accident – he was in the bedroom adjacent to Anna – passed out on the bed. I despise him equally, if not more than you do, yet I know that he didn’t do it. I watched the life flow out of Anna’s innocent eyes, as a flame moved from the inside to the out of her body. Sam was nowhere to be

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