Great Gatsby Review

I also read it for english. Its a great book full of romance and suspense. I love it!

Frankly, I thought this book was one of the most overrated pieces of literature in history- it characters are shallow and two dimensional, its setting is incongrous to the reality of 1920's America- a distortion of reality in which Fitzgerald fails to create an image which being both irrelevent and overtly concious of its symbolism, reacts ergo concordantly vis a vis, you know, i dont know what the hell I'm saying, i just thought it would make me sound cool.<br><br>I need to say that i am seeking treatment, not before my wife paid the price. now i keep her upstairs in the attic.<br><br>xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Well, for all of you who may think that this novel is a reflection of the so called "American Dream" you are partialy correct, however if you this is just another sappy love story (which the movie makes it out to be) you couldnt be more wrong.<br>The Great Gatsby is about how the american dream drives people to greed, Snobbery, and human epathy.<br>this book is about curruption, the way Gatsby "loves Daisy" that is very fals, the only thing Gatsby is in love with is the status that Daisy represents.<br>and the same goes for Gatsby...this novel is a reflection of my great unculs novel, this novel is a reflection of his own life...if you study F.S Fitzgeralds life u will see parallels between himself and Gatsby..and more...plz e-mail me for any question

'of what might have been a wonderland we have made a wasteland'....this is the central theme of the great gatsby. the possiblilty of the wonderland with all its promise ie dutch sailors and queensboro bridge, however underlaying it all is corruption, materialism and commericialism. a fantastic novel

The Great Gatsby is a masterpiece of Fitzgerald. Through this book he expands and enhances our viewof the Jazz age into more than just a period of time but into a society, which had its highlights and shortcomings. <br>Fitzgeralds uses cars as symbolism for many different aspects of the society at the time such as how the wealthy are shown to be selfish as they only car forthemselves as they drive about recklesly.

I am a sixth form student who is studying "The Great Gatsby" as part of my A level course. I really enjoyed the book and find that analysing it in class brings attention to things I hadn't even noticed. Fitzgeralds attention to detail is what makes this book so successful. However our essay title is about the different narrative techniques used in the novel and i am having difficulty on what to write i don't see how i can write a hole essay purely about narrative technique! Any comments u have on this asect of the book i'd be really grateful to hear!!! thanks

I found the Great Gatsby to be a clear representation of the American Dream. The many themes portrayed through the book captivated my attention and I was not able to put it down.

The Great Gatsby has been a timeless classic throughout many schools. Recently, I read this novel in my own high school English Class; not because we HAVE to read, but because it teaches us that society has changed throughout the generations, and shows a more susceptible viewpoint of morality. Not only does it describe a young man going through his life with more then awkward people, but it also describes Fitzgerald's life itself. During the time Fitzgerald wrote this novel, he was dealing with his own personal moral issues. When printed, this novel was not as popular as his other, "This Side of Paradise". Isn't it funny how in his time, the first book he wrote was a major hit; yet when he wrote "The Great Gatsby" it was not half as popular? However, nowadays, does it strike you as odd that while "This Side of Paradise" was popular it isn't now? or that "The Great Gatsby" was NOT popular then... but is now?

As our AS level coursework piece we were given the Great Gastby, with the opition of setting our own essay question at the end with critcs.<br> Most of the class seemeed down hearted once they opened the first page. Althought the book does get better towards the end the first few chapters are slow starting. i dont view this book as the right novel to study for our AS level. especially when many students couldnt get into the story, how are we supposed to do well in our coursweork if we cant get into the book?!<br>the film was just as boring

I think the Great Gatsby was a great book. It really helped me understand America in the 1920s. I had to read the book for my 11th grade english calss. I liked the end of the book the best. I thought the movie was great too. I would suggest this book to anyone.

The Great Gatsby is not a book that should be read as a story, but one to be read as an eye opener. I am a year11 student studying this book. This book is absolutely horrible as a story, but it is a pure classic for studying. The aspects in this novel is amazing, as we compare it to our modern day and age. The major questions of how are we motivated, the blinding powers and corruption of money, the confusion of what true love is, and above all change, the most amazing part of our lives in change. Gatsby can be portrayed as many things, but he is more firmly portrayed as an innocent man who has been tempted and then utterly consumed by the lust of money. His blindness reaches almost no ends, as in the end it kills him and leaves desolation and complete dissatisfaction.<br>People are the problem in this world, as they should have enought responsiblility to control money, instead of money controlling them. The immaturity seen in all the characters is amazing, as you can relate it to most of the people in your life. More importantly the inacceptance of change is further more ridiculous, as you'd expect that older people would be more use to change with all their years of experience. Instead they somehow hate it with all their might, as they cannot accept anything in their lives. Their pride and utter selfishness blinds them to see images of the past which they cannot not hold onto, because even with their extraordinary years of experience they have not find any keys to the point of life. Acceptance is a major issue, which comes back to the state of immaturity and pride in our lives.<br>Even though Nick had some humility, even he was a hypocrite, as he painted an image inside our heads of each character. As you read more and learn more in life you learn not to trust humans, but than again that's being hypocritcal.

I was assigned to read The Great Gatsby as pasrt of my A-level English course. I had read it before and did not find it very stimulating. However once we studies it in class and revealed new depths of the characters i thoroughly enjoyed it. I also thought the film was very close to the text and enjoyed watching that.

this book was incredibly hard to read, especially the introduction (not all book have it). we're covering this book in yr 10 now and many people have found it rather boring and too confusing at times. It might be a classic but i've read better ones

Some of you people are absolutely stupid. The great gatsby was an outstanding novel that completly summed up the 1920s. A Novel such as this one only comes around once a centry and for a novel as great as this to be put down by people such as yourselves is absurd.

I read the book The Great Gatsby for C.P. ENGLISH i thought this was a good book, its meaning is much more than "money cant buy happiness" but if you payed attention to Gatsby he seemed to put much more effort into getting wealthy and showing it off to people than actually going for his own dream...daisy, he spent more time fulfilling what was daisys dream, a wealthy man. Money doesnt buy happiness of course but personality is what gets love, he should have used his personality more than his money in this book. But hey thats my own opinion of the book.