What drives someone to repeat the past?

There are many things that can drive someone to repeat the past. I think that this is split into two subcategories, however. When something bad happens in the past it is repeated again when people do not learn from their mistakes. For example, there is the span of years in which slavery was allowed and encouraged in the United States. We can say that the United States government and the people have learned from their mistakes due to the fact that in so many years there is still not a widespread movement for slavery similar to how there was two hundred and fifty years ago. However, if the United States suddenly decided to re enact slavery then they will not have learned that slavery not a great time for America and an atrocity that should never be repeated. The other subcategory is for good parts of the past. For example, in the past Jay Gatsby had good relations with Daisy and he was nostalgic of those memories and wanted to go back. This is why he wanted to continue the relationship with daisy. The positive memories that he had before he wanted to have again which is why he wanted to rekindle the relationship that he lost over time. To conclude this entry, there are two different ways a person can be driven to the past. The notion of positive memories or the fact that they are too ignorant to learn from their mistakes.