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Summary: This is the Great American Novel
Review: The vitality, innocence and ambition of our heroes, the shallow pleasures of material success, the ennui of the rich, the tragedy of failed love, racism, the failure of the rule of law, the lack of respect for real virtue and sacrifice; this all sounds like America to me. Add drug dealing, the NFL, Vietnam and better electronics and the plot could easily make decades disappear. And we believe that we have a culture with "constant change". This is as close to 'our story' as anything I have ever read.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: Quite simply, the best American novel of the 20th Century. Fitzgerald was a genuis and this is his masterpiece, his gift to American literature. "The Great Gatsby" is an awesome yet deceptively simple story that explores the frustrations and passions of an entire generation through the words, deeds, and thoughts of a few complex characters. There is so much just below the surface of this book, you can easily read through it and miss the depth. But it is there, to be discovered under Nick's watchful gaze. You have Gatsby's fabricated fabulousness, a persona he's created with his own self-serving mythology. But there is so much he hides, so much he wills Nick to discover. You have Daisy's flightiness and selfishness also hiding her true self because that's how it is for women in her world--fake, flighty, frothy, lacking in substance. She knows the rules and she plays by them. Jordan, Nick and others--their truth is more obvious to us (i.e., Jordan is a cheat). But everything is tragic here, it is a fasade built on Eliot's famed "wasteland." I can't stres this enough--this is a book that must be read, reread, and analyzed countless times in order to understand what an extraordinary achievement it is. It is poetry.
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Summary: The dark side of North America
Review: The Great Gatsby is, by my standards, the best novel written in tha States during the last century. It is a sad love story, but at the same time is a reflection of the inexistence of the second chance. The characters are rich and beatiful, but dark and condemed. Since I read The Great Gastby, I have never been able to see the past naively.
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Summary: American Classic
Review: Although a bit dry in some sections, "The Great Gatsby" can certainly qualify as one of the greatest novels in American literature.
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Summary: THE GREAT GATSBY
Review: In the beginning of the story,Nick Carraway is introduced. He has moved from the Midwest to New York to get rich becoming a stockbroker.This is talking about beauty and trust. I would recommend this book to a friend who enjoys soap opera- like drama. This story contains affairs and murders that are common in soap opera shows. .
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Summary: gatsby is still great after 75 years
Review: Fitzgerald once wrote that a truly great writer should write "for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolteachers ever afterward." How prophetic! Although I wasn't born until 40 years after Fitzgerald's death, the messages he speaks are as clear to me as if he were speaking in my ear. this american literary masterpiece, with its rich themes of time, devotion and the american dream is well worth its praise. Fitz knew it was his best work, and it's a damn shame he couldn't live to see it gain the respect of the world. i reccomend that anyone who enjoyed this book read more on Fitzgerald's life and you'll want to check out the short story "winter dreams" which resembles gatsby in several ways. If you ever make it to USC in columbia, s.c., go and see Professor Bruccoli's collection of F. Scott at the Thomas Cooper Library.
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Summary: The Great Fitzby
Review: No wonder this book was rated #2 on the top 100 American novels of the century. This is a true gem. Although not a fast paced book, the beauty of the story is the way it flows. The naration is written with pure emotion. The ending is true literary magic. This novel will capture you unless you refuse it with stubborn thoughts of boredom. Keep in mind before you decide to read this book that it is not an adventure or sci-fi blitz. If you miss the art of the writting, the way Fitzgerald selects specific words for specific intentions, you will miss the heart of this novel. This is a novel that should be read for it's art but don't be fooled, there is nothing boring about this book. It sets the bar that all novel should be judged by. Without a doubt the absolute best of the American classics that i have read to date. Highest possible recommendation.
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Summary: Just Read It
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone! The book came recommended by the WSJ as a good summer read, so I figured "Why not?". I was supposed to read Gatsby in high school, however, I chose to read Cliffs Notes instead - big mistake! It is a great read and moves very quickly. I read the book over 2 days during my recent vacation and thoroughly enjoyed it. The book brings alive characters that are often so present in our society and intertwines them in a great story. Fitzgerald has a great way with words. He describes things in such a way that you truly feel like you can see the person or object he describes. I could say more, however, I will leave you with this - - Just read the book. It is less than 200 pages and is definitely in my Top 10 of books.
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Summary: The wake of his dreams
Review: The depth of this book is such that I certainly can't give justice to it in mere review, but I'm going to try. What a wonderful life this is. And what a wonderful book this is, capturing the essence of the ambition, lust, love and gay abandonment, not only of the 1920s, but of the human spirit itself. Widely regarded as a classic of modern literature, Fitzgerald manages to capture something very American, very modern, very sublime and truly timeless in this novel; from the relatively simple narrative of romantic yearnings, to the greedy ambitions, the lost loves, the complex enchantments, and the underlying despair; this is a journey of life, a musical symphony, a grecian poem caught up in a few idle words of a wondering writer in the early 20th century. This book for me is just too much. Take the exchange between Nick and Gatsby about the 'past', and following 'lost dreams';- "You can't repeat the past" (Nick). "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can" (Gastby). Can you? I still don't know. How about the early quote of "the foul dust that floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the shortwinded elations and abortive sorrows of men". A dark promise of things to come. And what about the exhileration and excitement of the "returning trains of my youth", near the end, where Nick decides to leave the 'big smoke' in New York, permanently tainted in his mind, for the wide plains, the homely townships, and to escape from the shallow, superficial and 'messy' lives of the Big Apple pretenders. I won't spoil you with intricate details of the story, if you haven't read it and you want to understand modern literature and the modern western world, you have to read it. It is as simple as that. This book is a poem, a unique expose of the human spirit, the western dream, the love and despair of life; quintessentially 20th century and quintessentially beautiful. I wish I was seventeen and could read it again for the first time. Oh Daisy, my long lost and hoped for true love, the future is still ours......
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Summary: masterpiece
Review: I have been required to read this book for a number of different classes, both on the high school and college levels. Although I am very farmiliar with the story (ploy, symbolism, etc.) I do not hesitate to read it every time it is assigned, or because I am looking for a quick book to take with on a road trip or for a lazy sunday afternoon. A short book that has become a deserving classic. A marvelous representation of the roaring twenties, and a beautiful, yet disturbing picture of the human character. A highly recomended book. If you have not read it before, you must take the short time to do so, possibly the classic American novel.
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