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Summary: Brilliant and Entertaining!
Review: I must admit I was quite intimidated by this novel. I had a number of preconceptions that made me shun away from reading it. I always heard it was about a rich guy trying to win over a girl... From this I imagined a snobby Victorian English guy playing polo saying "Marry me my dear?" and the girl says, "Oh no I can't!" Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. End of novel. In short, I imagined it was a story with thick characters with which I couldn't identify. Well, fortunately I did get a chance to read it. And I was capitvated, (not to mention on a very long car trip) that I devoured it it one sitting. The Great Gatsby broke down everyone of my preconceptions and now has become one of my favorite novels. The intense drama that unfolds between these very different and very inter-connected characters will cause the book to shake in your hands. I loved every minute of it. Especially how Gatsby's character is slowly reveiled, lie by lie, truth by truth, until the large tragic picture comes into focus. This is the American tragic love story. Don't waste anymore time. Don't be intimidated. Read it, you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: The 'Has It All' American Classic Novel
Review: How can anyone NOT give this book 5 stars? I appreciated the foreword, preface, afterword, explanatory notes & the notes about the author by Matthew J. Bruccoli which enlightened my eyes before I started on the path of reading The Great Gatsby. It's funny that somehow my high school English teacher skipped this as required reading for me in the mid to late seventies. I bought the book for my niece, Ashley, a few years ago. I remembered a co-worker, Kim, who was an avid reader who once told me that The Great Gatsby was her all-time favorite book. I was curious. It's strang that it took my 17 year old niece to 'get me on the bandwagon' to finally read this classic book at age forty-one. It amazes me to realize that the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, died at age forty-four in Southern California on December 21, 1940, believing himself a failure. It's quite clear that Fitzgerald's ideas may have been 'made up' but he sued real life people, his own experiences and other true events to make his story. In retrosprect, the novel contains a story of money, greed, love, deceit, suspense, hate, alcoholism, stress, passion, time, ambition, death, life, status, 'leaving a mark in life', pleasure, vacation, free time, heroes, lies, trust, women vs. men, the 1920s, mystery, intrigue, romance, poor vs. rich, Sundays in the park, art, happiness, choices, fashion, lust, loneliness, friendship, adventure, honesty, making conversation, scenic views, people, music, dance, avoidance, communication, observation, summer, intelligence, panic, forgetting, agin, laughter, family values, prejudice, jealousy, past, future, youth, tranquility, grief, responsibility, self-improvement, self-actualization, carelessness, escaping and living life.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: This book has one tone throughout the whole book. There was nothing that stands out, the good thing is, at least the book is short.
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Summary: Looking at The Great Gatsby
Review: Gosh, what can I say about The Great Gatsby. This classic book, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a required novel that I had to read for my Introduction to the Novel class. It is a story about a man that discovers that he wants so much more in life than most people had. He wanted success, wealth, and a trophy wife. Put in the lovely Daisy Buchanan, the woman in which Jay Gatsby found his love of wealth and his love for her. However, to thicken the plot, Daisy is already married to the cold, hard Tom Buchanan. When Tom finds out about the affair between Daisy and Jay, he throughs a fit in a deluxe suite at the Plaza Hotel. But what does Tom have to complain about, he is also engaged in an affair with his mistress, Myrtle. It is through Myrtle's early death that Jay Gatsby's life also ends in sorrow. One pitiful scene occurs before Gatsby's death, he is waiting outside Daisy and Tom's bayside home, dressed in a pink suit, hiding in the shadows in case some emotional fireworks go off. The Great Gatsby is a fine classic, and it is quite thought provoking about life in the 1920's and today. No small wonder that my English professor wanted the class to read this novel. Even though we are a small class of six people, we certainly had about to say about The Great Gatsby.
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Summary: A Sophmore's review
Review: I finished this book during biology and have nothing negative to say about it. It had great symbolism, plot, and all the necessary elements to be considered a classic example of modernism. I disagree with the person who said that teenagers cannot appreciate classics. It is true that some of us are immature, but that cannot be said for all. The Great Gatsby is one of the best books I have read this year, along with The Scarlet Letter. I would recommend this book to anyone who can understand the language.
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Summary: Fitgerald's Great Gatsby
Review: Rich man Jay Gatsby has everything he could possible want, money beyond imagination, a waterfront house on long island sound, and parties at his mansion day and night. The one thing his life is missing is the one thing that he desires most-Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby tells the story of greedy upper class people who have only desire to get more and further distance themselves from the lower class. Jay Gatsby throws all his extravigant parties but has only one goal in mind-attracting Daisy. Her husband Tom is already wrapped up in an affair with low-life Myrtle. The Rich folks' treatment of each other and disregard for others is at the center of Fitgerald's novel. Other themes to look for are his use of weather to set the mood of the scenes, use of colors(especially yellow and green) to foreshadow upcoming events, and the disparity between the upper and lower class. I recommend this book to all young and old, as it is a classic read that everyone should experience at one point in their life.
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Summary: the worst book i have ever read for an english class
Review: This book was boring.I hated it. It was poorly structured, the story is unclear and it is not very memorable. Its the type of book in which once you have read a chapter, you immediately forget what had just happened due to how dull and boring it is. When my yr.11 class whined to our teacher over how much we hated this book, she replied with "This is english advanced..you're not going to read fun,interesting books in english advanced..you're going to read boring, old novels" i don't recommend this book for people aged 17 and under, as there are better and more interesting books (for this age group) out there.
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Summary: A Book to Span the Ages
Review: I am sorry to have waited so long to read this masterpiece. F. Scott Fitzgerald's crowning achievement is a relatively concise, easily readable gem of a story, which goes much deeper than the average genre fiction (obviously), but not in a dull way. It is very easy to picture oneself as Nick, the protagonist, attempting to piece together this strange character, Jay Gatsby, and the elaborate world he inhabits. Character development is beautifully accomplished as the book progresses, and there is no wasted scenes or characters. In fact, there is a great deal of substance to the entire story, despite its focus on the lack of substance for the characters presented. The Great Gatsby will help you understand the lives of the fabulously wealthy in the 20s, but more importantly it will help you begin to understand the real world, and what is really important. Gatsby's "Green light" is each of ours as well, if we would only see it. If you have a soul, you will love this book, and either way, it will certainly make you think.
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Summary: The quintessential novel
Review: I believe novels should be accessible to people of all tastes, from those who prefer history and biography (as I do) to those who prefer science fiction. Truly great novels transcend personal preferences and that is exactly what the Great Gatsby is-- a story of human nature, set in a time of recklessness and ambition that seems to parallel, in some ways, our world today. It is written with soft prose and vivid imagery-- the examples are too numerous to be listed here. As most know the plot, I won't delve into that, but just to add that, considering this shouldn't be a spoiler, one question I have always wondered (and wished to the contrary) is, "Why did Gatsby have to die?" Despite his surely illictly-garnered fortune and reckless nature, the reader cheers for Gatsby, who is far from perfect, but represents a small part of each of us. That is truly the magic of Fitzgerald's piece and I hope, especially if you've never read it before, that you find a little enchantment yourself.
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Summary: The Great Gatsby
Review: The book The Great Gatsby was a wonderful book which told the story about one mans desire to win back the heart of his one true love. That man is Gatsby who is trying to win back Daisy's heart and make her leave Tom.Tom is the one who Daisy married when Gatsby left, so Gatsby reinvented himself and became rich hoping that Daisy would come back. One night Tom and Gatsby got into a fight leaving Daisy scared because she loved them both, she ended up doing something that Gatsby had to take the blame for. This book tells the story of tragic love and loss. I gave this book a 4 stars because I thought that it was a great book and it shows that people will do anything for true love. I would have to recommed this book for people in Middle school and in high school.
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