Funny how different people can be. Like L I did not read the book either, but I like it all the same. It was cheap, it fits perfectly in my bookcase and I have always something to talk about.
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Funny how different people can be. Like L I did not read the book either, but I like it all the same. It was cheap, it fits perfectly in my bookcase and I have always something to talk about.
Um, I'm sorry but being a racist, womanizer makes you a prick! <br> Gatsby seems like a pretty good guy and (if he was real) he would be really hot!! HEheeee....
Easy money equals massive problems , nothing in this life is for free and there are many ways to pay and we are talking not exactly about cash and honest work.
Homosexuality is highly rewarded in ascending socialy, in politics or just financial $$$ if the individual doesn´t posseses this personality , disease or whatever that is much better because that´s part of the price to pay.
I agree with you who were saying that Gatsby was just stupidly in what he thought was love. As the old maxim goes, "Nice guys finish last". For Nick, Gatsby was a symbol that was put up on a pedestal. I mean, Gatsby is so much like Nick, so Nick sees him as such a great guy. Gatsby's intentions were honorable-if Daisy really doesn't love Tom, but the fact remains that Gatsby is trying to be a homewrecker. However, I do tend to side with Gatsby because he grew into manhood with his own idea of what Daisy was. The silk shirt sobbing was a dead giveaway, so ultimately Gatsby got what he begot-ignorance.
I totally agree with you! I really don't understand the importance of spending my summer reading a book filled with affairs every which way. I believe teachers should actually make us read books that will give us knowledge of some sort or make it enjoyable for us. I don't want to hear about some pathetic man who can't get over a girl that only wanted money from him in the first place. Sorry this is just my thoughts. But like you said, I didn't understand why he was sooooo GREAT anyways. He was a Bootleger!!!
hello i read your letter about TGG and i need some help ....<br>i'm graduating and i'm doing a research about the shakespearian fool in american literature . can you give me a hand?<br>i saw you was talking about Daisy as a "beautiful little fool" do you think she's really jester or is it only an ideomatic form to say that she's a bit "silly"?<br>i 'll wait for yous answer. <br>Roberta from Italy
I was never assigned to read Gatsby, but my sister was. She was having trouble like some of you--the beginning was too boring and she was having trouble picking it back up. Knowing it was a classic, I offered to read it to her and so over the next few nights both of us took part in Gatsby's life (me having to explain the details and significances every once in a while, but just the same...). I'm kind of glad that I didn't read it two years earlier, because much of its relevance would have been lost on me.<br><br>You can't argue Gatsby's worth in terms of it's style, or content--but how real it is. The Great Gatsby is very real, and what's more has a beautifully poetic style and an entertaining story. This novel is ALIVE and speaks to us on a level transcending "tastes in reading." You either hear this novel or you're deaf. It's unfortunate that the teachers of those who found the book boring were unable to illuminate the intricacy of the novel. No, the book doesn't draw you in with melodramatic explosions or crashes or murders or any of the gimmicks modern movies use to "entertain" their audiences. You have to be patient and attentive because the book will not unfold itself on it's own. It's your responsibility to lift each phrase up and examine it, and if you don't take the time to really discover the book, then it's your fault you find it boring. Don't go blaming the style, or the content. This isn't an action-packed testosterone rush. It's a slice of what it means to be human.
It's called irony.
"But the fact that he did it all because he held onto such a pathetic, outdated emotion is not “Great”. "<br><br>I love how glibly people critize Gatsby's "pathetic, outdated emotion." And what emotion is that, again? Why, of course, it's love. Pathetic and outdated? Well, love certainly is pathetic (look up the first definition, please), love is timeless and irrational. To speak of love using terms like "outdated" is to treat it like a fad.<br><br>"Did you hear? Love is, like, totally in, gurrrrl!"<br>"No way sister! You foolin'?"<br>"Naw!"<br><br>Yes, Gatsby fell into a trap--but that doesn't make him inhuman! He made a very common (I'd say universal error) and Fitzgerald took it to the extreme to illustrate that, and get this: we're all a little bit Gatsby. Haven't you ever broken up with someone, and yet neurotically checked your e-mail or waited by the phone on the slim chance that what is dead might be revived? Gatsby is guilty of HOPING--and though it was delusional can he really be despised for it?<br><br>*shakes head* Sigh...
I just wanted to say that I read The Great gatsby when I was a junior in high school..... which was nearly 6 years ago. It's a fantastic book!!! I'm so glad that it's required reading.
This was a Great analysis of The Great Gatsby. You really understand the characters and reading your analysis really helped me better understand the methods of symbolism used in this story. I think you helped me understand this book more than the book did! thank you!
While it is true that many students don't read the actual text of a novel when they are assigned it in class, I think it unfair to assume that a student who misrepresents the plot has not read the book. I teach this book to an Honors 11th grade class and have found that, while most of them are able to make sense of the text, there are always a few misunderstandings. There are several possibilities other than the student's neglect of the book. ESOL students, for example, and students raised with Black English Vernacular have a particularly hard time with certain phrasings. I think it is dangerous to prematurely attack a student who is confused and asks questions because this could discourage further inquiry.
Actually there is a theory of a theme of homo-eroticism being present in Tom and Myrtle's apartment. I don't really agree, but the elevator scene apparently uses the handle as a somewhat phallic symbol and the 'groan' of the elevator and then what you have mentioned..its all supposed to tie in. So this was not an entirely useless comment...maybe give ppl some credit for bothering to make this site and cut them some slack. Its not like theyre taking money for it.
These comments do not seem to me, to even be worth commenting on. Brian, I would find it almost impossible to believe you have even read The Great Gatsby. Some of the information is correct, but for the most part, if you have not been wasting your time creating bull****, your sources are very unreliable.