Great Gatsby Review

You ignorant sap. Before you even begin to say anything about this masterpiece, read it and understand it. You do not deserve to comment on it considering your sad mental state. Next time you feel like saying something, don't.

'The Great Gatsby' is a tale of the American Dream "corrupted due to the desire for materialism", as we have established. What i don't feel has been mentioned to the extent it should have been, however, is the significance of the epilogue. Surely, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" is a perfect motto for life for modern man, just as it was relevant to the society of 'the roaring twenties.'<br> Gatsby, as a person, was not corrupt it was the society that he chose to include himself in, and which he embraced, that eventually corrupted him. The character of Jay is not a weak one for creating a false appearance for long enough to draw the whole of East Egg to your party every week has strength in itself! Within the novel " 'There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.' " and i believe Jay Gatsby is Fitzgerald's attempt at enveloping all these factors into one wholesome character. Pursued by the past that he is so keen to hide, pursuing Daisy Buchannan, the one love of his life, constantly busy with his false hopes and dreams and tired of his relentless struggle to acheive what he cannot admit is unacheivable. <br> 'The Great Gatsby' is a reticent and accurate portrayal of American 20's society, this is what brings about the negative criticism in my opinion. If nothing else, is not the way the novel brings across Fitzgerald's vivid opinions its greatest strength altogether. <br>Charli<br> xxx<br>

hey! i have never replied to one of these things before, but i thought what u stated was said perfectly. and ****ing hilarious.... the best part was when u went from 'oh gatsby is great' to.... 'tom on the other hand was a prick', but i guess i wrote this just to say that i agree with what u say and i also think gatsby had good intentions!

you are stupid. I had to read this book in 2 nights and you had all winter break. grow up and stop whining

Firstly let me say that for students of English I find the Spelling and grammar of some of the responses I have read thus far atrocious. As for the book well I don't see why it is rated so highly by both American and British societies because I have read far better books coming out of both societies .My only explanation for this is that it has immortalised the decadence that is prevalent in these ,especially the American ,societies. one can surmise then that it is this ability to see one's reflection in Fitzgerald's musings is what makes readers linger to take stock of what they are seeing /reading. This self identification then lends itself to kudos for TGG because no one wants to rate his or her reflection negatively. By the way I write from a Caribbean island where American decadence is stifling the lifeblood of my people so I wish TGG it were not so popularised tht is is a study text for one of my courses. Maybe someone would wake up and smell the coffee and realise that such an existence is not to be emulated but shunned.

i cant believe people write books about boring everyday stuff like the subject of this book, that is why students today hate reading, because of books like this. If i actually have to wait until im 20 to understand this book, then why on earth am i reading it when im only 17. Teachers are so dumb.

I totally agree that this book was extremely boring. There was absolutely no action in it at all. I'm thinking Harry Potter is more my cup of tea, if you know what i mean.

I agree with L. This book was mind numbingly boring... for the first few chapters. It took my three weeks to reach the fourth chapter but took me one more week to complete it. I am studying this book for year 12 english and know this can be a difficult book to understand. This is a book that needs to be read slowly as everything it contains is significant. The symbolism in this book needs to be looked at deeply in order to fully comprehend the meaning of anything written. Although I do agree with the fact that this book is boring, i would never recommend to anyone to watch the movie rather than read the book. It misses some very crucial points of the book and does not contian the symbolism or representations of the book. This book is assigned to students to be deeply analysed, not to be glossed over. To those having trouble reading the book, I suggest slowing down and actually READING what it says. you might actually find it an interesting read. Also, thank that you simply have to analyse the book alone whereas I have to analyse it and the movie "American Beauty" , compare them and their views of gender, class, stereotypes and the american dream.

Continuing from where you left of, amy, the book says, 'I've always been glad I said that. It was the only complement I ever gave him, because I dissaproved of him from beginning to end.' Gatsby was not great in Nick's eyes. Gatsby is great because of the things he achieved and how he was always polite and welcoming. In my opinion, a man who can become as rich as Gatsby in just 5 years, even through illegal means, is a geniuss and deserves to be called great.

I just wanted to say that I was born in Houston Texas, but since then my family moved to Missouri. How are things down there. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I am a high school student that also is doing an Essay for The Great Gatsby. It sucks because its actually due tommorow. I only have one paragraph done. I think I'm gonna be screwed.

I believe your assumption as to peoples intelligence to be completely wrong. To say the least this was not my favorite book, but I am no moron and i throughly understand the deeper meaning of the book. However, I prefer Hemingway's much more simplistic but deep, if you will, writing style.

I think that the book is a great book so far. We are reading the book in English class and are not far yet, but what I have read so far this is a great book and would like to read another book by Scott Fitzgerald.<br> We have read the book The Catcher nad the Rye but I didn't think that book was really that interesting and would not like to have to read that book again if <br>i did not have to.

I never even thought of the cars & to you Loz, wow, that's a whole other way to look at the book & it's really intriguing. Anyway, to you Hillary, There are writers out there thta put symbolism into every aspect of the book. The people who see those symbols are the intelligent ones, they are the ones that truly, completely understand the books. I'm not trying to criticize what you said, but perhaps next time you read a book, try looking beyond what the story says, to what the writer is actually trying trying to tell you.

Has everyone made to read this book been in an AP class or a Junior or Senior or something of that nature? I'm in 9th grade & it was the first book we were assigned to read this year, so I was barely out of 8th grade & I personally loved it! L, I don't think you should be getting all the crap you are about not reading enough or whatever. You don't like the book, that your opinion, as long as you don't say the book was porly written, you have no reason to be criticized, nor does anyone else. It is not fair to say a book is poorly written if someone doesn't like it. So to the people criticizing knock it off! You have your opinion, let other people have theirs. You can express yours without the nastiness of criticism.

Perhaps, what Fitzgerald was trying to say was that Gatsby wasn't reall "Great". Maybe it was supposed to be somewhat ironic that he was called great when his life ended the way it did. Or, perhaps, he was great because he was willing to give his life for the person he loved even when she probably ended up setting him up. Just a couple suggestions.