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I must admit, your comments are way too deep for me. But what I always took away from the novel (other than it being a great story with interesting characters) is that wealth does fulfill an unhappy person. It perhaps makes them worse off through isolation and the constant pursuit of "more".
I must admit, your comments are way too deep for me. But what I always took away from the novel (other than it being a great story with interesting characters) is that wealth does fulfill an unhappy person. It perhaps makes them worse off through isolation and the constant pursuit of "more".
I think I remember my teacher saying that GG represents the danger of the American Dream (something like that).
And it certainly shows the ugly side of the Jazz Age. But The Great Gatsby isn't Fitzgerald's best exploration of that. For that, I think Tender is the Night, published in 1934, is even better. It and his first book, This Side of Paradise, are my two favorite works by him.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- 18/05/2013 11:19:43 PM
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I always enjoyed the Great Gatsby.....
- 19/05/2013 04:47:35 AM
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There is certainly that
- 20/05/2013 03:59:57 AM
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Hm. Having neither seen the movie nor read the book yet, I have a question...
- 19/05/2013 04:00:02 PM
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The 2013 movie has much the structure of the 1974 film (which review I linked to above)
- 20/05/2013 03:58:17 AM
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Alright, finished the book now, will probably go see the movie this week.
- 09/06/2013 09:53:07 PM
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I often find myself in the position of defending Fitzgerald from people who don't think him serious.
- 20/05/2013 05:15:22 PM
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I prefer Fitzgerald to Hemingway, among others
- 21/05/2013 07:36:20 PM
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