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fitzgerald's ideas on his being torn between the capitalist society in which he lives and the great change in society in which he knows must happen in society. this is all made clear in his magnificent dealings with the class struggles in the nivel between the vulgar new money and the sophisticated old money and the american dream placed right smack dab in the middle, but somehow distorted. good stuff.
I hate the book it is confusing and boring. I don't know why its such a great <br>classic.were do you get this stuff from.
Great Gatsby is by the most unentertaining book ever. I mean if there are people who LIKE reading boring books, this is a great one for you. But as a high school student who has to READ this omissive book for Winter Break is horrible and a pain. I advise anyone who likes to read more adventurous books to skip Great Gatsby or at least rent the movie to finish up any projects or essays.
I didn't think that The Great Gatsby was that bad. I am reading it for College Prep English. It gets a little confusing and jumps around a bit you have to take your time and soak it all in, and maybe re-read a chaper or two! All and all it wasn't a horrable book, but then again I don't read very often;)
It was an awful book. You see, English is not my native language and thing like that are really boring. Characters' speech is frequently not fluent. They say things which are not connected to the rest of their speech or do not belong to the conversation. The story is good but the characters' charecters and the overwhelming descriptions are what bother me! My advice is to watch the movie and prevent yourself from being teased by such a book!
The Great Gatsby is an absolute classic. I am in 11th grade and have been assigned to read this novel, and it is by far one of the greater novels I have ever read. It represents the "American Dream". To Gatsby, this was to win his love, Daisy, back. She was a superficial woman who didn't know much of what love really was. Gatsby was a great character. His whole life was devoted to Daisy, but Daisy..just as the other rich of that time, was reckless, careless, and cared only about wealth. Also, Nick did not wake up with a man..In order to fully understand this book, you have to look beyond the text. You have to understand what the American Dream is...I suggest everyone should read The Great Gatsby..It is an EXCELLENT piece of work.
i loved this book. i didnt have to read it, it was on my own time and i am happy to say that i am glad someone wrote such great litieture
I think Gatsby is a person with great characteristics, but i found Daisy rather shallow. Tom and Daisy come into the story and cause a lot of trouble then leave the story and make Gatsby pay the price. Gatsby died for Daisy, but she did not even call after he is died.
I never would have read this book if it weren't an English class requirement, but in the end it was an okay book. Of course it's not my favorite book, but since it wasn't as long as some books we had to read for class, it's not my least favorite book. Yeah, the characters were confusing, and it took me about three chapters to figure out who was telling the story, not the mention the fact that I had absolutely no clue what the heck those owl eyes pictured on something were. If you're like me and don't have 36 hours in your day, visit sparknotes or something like that so that you don't have to read everything twice just to understand it. Everybody could find a better way to spend their time, so since I have to be school about eight hours every day, I learned to block out whatever some boring teacher is saying and read. Whether in math, history, or science, I spent my time usefully and got this book read in about four days and I didn't have to spent hours of my precious time reading it at home.
I read the book twice in one day and did not get the point, probubly because I am not American. The book lacked a universal theme that makes most great literature significant to readers from all generations. It was very well written but not as influencial as it is made out to be.
has anyone read the two versions of the hero by david parker? what did you think is the whole point of it?
Reading some of the above comments has made me so sad and hopeful all at the same time. I teach this book to AP Juniors. And yes I know that a couple of them are lazy enough to use this type of site instead of reading it. Some of the comments are so obviously shallow they are laughable. I wonder do you know how truly ignorant you make yourself look when you talk about being so bored you can't get off the first page? (Oh and P.S. to the silly person who thinks Nick woke up with a man... no one ever left the living room of Tom and Myrtle's apartment except for Tom and Myrtle.) On the other hand, I have also read some truly insightful comment from kids who have read and THOUGHT about this book-- even had enough presence of mind to compare the book to the movie and think about the appropriateness of casting. WOW! For those of you who are too lazy to read through this book, let me suggest ditch digging as your career pathway. Go back to numbing your mind with MTV and other crap, but don't whine when you have become so mentally soft that you can't make sense even of the morning newspaper.
The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's most significant work, is an excellent representation of the 1920s. His novel was found to be a complete failure until it's importance was realized in the 1950s. Perhaps the greatest aspect of The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's simple, yet complex characters. Nick Carraway, the indifferent narrator, represents the model citizen. His relations to other characters such as Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and many others develops into an amazing story, all within 200 pages. While the author's main objective was to remain simple in plot, the true meaning between the lines evolves into a much more defined, complex story. Those who choose to rate this book poorly either don't understand its history, or are simply naive in understanding that American culture during the 1920s is much like Fitzgerald's depictions. For all those who haven't had a chance to discover this book, buy it today. The complacency encountered upon completion of the novel is unbelievable... so dig in!
I found this book to be an excellent example of the American dream, which is the subject area we are currently studying. The book also examines the roles of women and the corruption of commercialism. The role of women was shown via Myrtle, Jordan and of course Daisy. Each woman has a distinctive personality and each reflects a different stereotype. The corruption of commercialism, i believe, is displayed through the cars which appear throughout the text. Even the colours of the cars are representive of peoples changing attitudes. The brightness of Gatsby's car causes it to seem gawdy and excessive, as is much of what the commercial industry was turning out at the time. This same car killed Myrtle, displaying the corruption caused by it's excess. Furthermore, perhaps the commercial car killing Myrtle suggests that perhaps commercialism was killing off her stereotype in all women at that time?<br><br>These were just a few ideas that don't seem to have been suggested as yet. I believe that people will understand this point of view better if they make their own ideas about them, so I have not used a lot of detail. Just think of it as a different aspect of the text that you may not have considered as of yet. <br><br>Good luck in your endeavours with this book!
Nick never wakes up with a man... he helped that drunken man to his room and into his bed. while the man is in bed he show's nick his portfolio. nothing kinky about it. nick's just being a nice guy.
I happened to like this book out of the many I have to read for Advanced Junior English!!! Most Books don't keep my attention, but this one did. Some parts were not what I expected, but some where!!! It was a wonderful book. I really enjoyed reading it!!
i enjoyed the novel, eventhough it was a bite difficult to read. I would read it again. As for the movie i enjoyed it and understoud the novel a little better.
I found the first part of the book to be quite boring. I also read this for my English class and I'm taking a test on it tomorrow. Once I got into the book, I noticed quite a few themes going round: Money is power, Power leads to being corrupt, Money buys freedom but not happyness, Nothing is a secret, outward appearances arn't always what they seem, how people want to go back into the past when things arn't working their way, and everyone is in search of the American Dream. Overall, I'd give the book a 6 out of 10. It didn't lack a punch that kept me focused on the book. I found myself "reading" but just going through the lines and not comprehending what was being said. Wish me luck on the test...<br>PB Sniper 247 <br><br>That is all...
I am watched the video and it is kindof good. It might be better than the book is 'cuse you see what is happining instead of reading it and having to picture it in your mind.
Did this book win any awards???<br>
Try people, just try. The book isn't nearly as hard as you say it is, I enjoyed the book completely. It is complicated on a miniscule level, the entire line of the story is smooth. True, there is a lot of confusing symbols but I understand most. How about yellow, if the other colors symbolize something what does yellow. I've heard it means materialism, flashiness, cowardess and about two dozen other things. If the book ended any other way though I would not have been satisfied
I'm sorry to tell you this Amy, but the sheer fact of your not being able to write a grammatically correct review of "The Great Gatsby" shows that there is a very good chance you have no idea what you are talking about. Gatsby is considered great for a few different reasons, one of which being the fact that he is the only character in the book pursuing a pure, moral form of the American dream. Rather than being on a quest for material wealth and popularity, Gatsby is seeking the much more noble pursuit of love.<br>If anyone wishes to reply to me, please don't do so in a form that looks like a seventh grader's instant message to their boyfriend, as the message just below Amy's has done.
I read this book for my 11th grade Honors English course.<br> The Great Gatsby is a great book. Though I think a lot of people are misreading it... It is without a doubt a personal reflection of Fitzgerald's life. Gatsby makes the money to throw the parties to get Daisy's attention. Fitzgerald is relating to his life how he always has to keep working and make money to support the type of life style his wife, Zelda, wanted. <br> If you think the movie is good... Shame on you. That is the worse representation of Daisy that could have ever been made. I've actually talked to some college professors who agree and not to mention my Honors English teacher. <br> You must understand the implications that go with this book. Fitzgerald felt a need to lash out the only way he could. He was a heavy partying man but as time went on... He realized its consequences. After he learned of Zelda's affair he was forever a changed man. To say you don't like The Great Gatsby is fine. However, it is not the book's fault your mind is too simple to think what might be below the surface. This book was written with excellent purpose and care (literally -- Fitzgerald rewrote every chapter several times before he was satified to move to the next). To bash a man who lived a very difficult life like him and to say his book is crap... Is to show your ignorance to what reading, learning and comprehending are all about.
I am being forced to read this awful book and then to write an essay about it. It took everything I had to get through it. If you are thinking about reading it I have one piece of advice for you: don't do it.
was Gatsby a success or a failure? did he succeed or not succeed. that is the question. this was a great classic book that really tells about the lives of us as human beings. if your confused about american thinking, read this. of course, things change and people are all different so dont base all of your knowledge on this book. in some ways, this book was confusing but all around it was good. i dont think gatsby really succeeded in finding himself. he never won daisy and never won happiness.
I thought that the Great Gatsby was an okay book. Before I read it everyone commeneted on how great it was, but really it did not live up to my expectations at all. For one. I didn't really understand what the purpose of having Jordan Baker in the novel at all besides to tell Nick the story behind Gatsby's love for Daisy. Fitzgerald didn't do a good job in describing as nothing much else besides a Golf player. Throughtout the novel I found myslef wondereing who she really was supposed to be, and one of the reasons i love to read is because I love to understand the charectors and relate to them. A good author should describe them more vivdly.
It seems to me that everyone i know likes the book the great gatsby, but on a personal level i did not like it. In my opinion it could have been a lot better. It does do a good job on depicted Amercan people but was that the books main purpose? It's hard to tell what kind of readers Fitzgerald is trying to get to read his book. But it's very popular so i guess it reacehs out to a lot of people.
The Great Gatsby, I thought, was a fine masterpiece done by Fitzgerald. Read it for my junior year in high school and I thought it was a great book. What's interesting about the book, is that it's based on Fitzgerald's life. Fitzgerald asked a woman to marry him and she turned him dowm, because he was poor. In the book, Fitzgerald uses Gatsby and Daisy to play as him and the woman he fell in love with.
Personally, I think that this book is too boring and too deep for a normal High School student to enjoy. Had I been assigned this book later in my life such as 12th grade or later, I may have actually enjoyed this book, but since i was forced to read it in the 9th grade, I will never like it. I think that it is a good book for more mature readers, but it will never be taken seriously or taken to heart if students are forced to read this book at a young age. <br><br>This book may have been enjoyable, but now i will never want to read it again.
I thought perhaps I had missed something in my reading of tgg. surely there must be some underlying messages i wasn't able to discern. so, i surf the net for some analyses. no, i didn't miss anything. there's simply not a lot to this book. perhaps the style is what makes so many ppl speak so highly of it. as far as substance though it's a drop in the bucket. good for high school students i suppose.
i've just finished reading "The Great Gatsby" and i personally think it is a book written extremely well by Fitzgerald, but one has to bring up the discussion of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship? When reading through some other comments everyone stated how pure Gatsby's love was for Daisy, but i'd have to say otherwise. i feel gatsby only wanted Daisy to love him so they could get married and fulfill the American dream - that is of being one of wealth, high status, and marriage. Gatsby wasn't so much in love with Daisy, but instead full of all possessions. He has the house, the money, now all he needs is the woman. Also, by having Daisy he would feel superior to Tom (one who has everything). so maybe Gatsby wasnt' so much in love with Daisy, but instead in love with the idea of having Daisy and everything else that would provide him with the american dream. Please reply i wanna know what you think! thankz!
While I am grade twelve, I was not forced to read this book, I did so on my own. I found it to be a truly excellent piece of literature. I can't see how anyone who appreciates good writing could possibly have found TGG boring. There are a lot of other 'classics' that are much, much more boring. I found Great Gatsby fairly easy to understand, I loved the characters and Fitzgerald's style of writing... two thumbs up for The Great Gatsby!!
The matter of the fact is that The Great Gatsby is one of the most revered books in American literature. Why I don't quite understand. While near the end with the death of Myrtle, and the sudden change in attitude of Jordan the book does take an interesting twist. Why I must say I did enjoy the book, it wasn't one that I would care to read again. It was very confusing at times. After finishing the book I had to go back to the beginning and reread it. And sure enough it made a lot more sense once I reread it. So I recommend to anyone who reads it to go back over the text once you finish it will help you so much with your comprehension of the story and make you enjoy it that much more.
i thought the story was quite boring, Fitzgerald uses great language, of course, but the story was missing something. All these questions go unanswered. How did Gatsby really make his money? Who helped him?
I loved this book, I understand why fitzegarld called gatsby "the great" , he symbolizes the american dream and its tragic failure in the roaring twenties, he's the less corrupted in this book, he loves daisy from the start and he's doesn't change trough all the book, he stay this mysterious character .<br>I think that all the readers have loved him, there was something pure about him, though he was a bootlegger. A kind of kindness? he's a pathetic character.<br>when tom wins daisy back, gatsby hasen't any reason to live any more, that's why he died in the 8th chapter.<br>
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.