The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
 Nov 18 2006, 01:16 AM
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QUOTE Many consider The Great Gatsby the closest thing to the Great American Novel ever written. First published in 1925, it is the timeless story of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby lives in the New York suburb of West Egg, where those with "new money" reside. Gatsby's mansion is right across the bay from the home of his wartime love, Daisy Buchanan, pictured always in white. Gatsby seeks to keep his illusion of Daisy as perfect alive. He uses his money, gained through illegal means, to do so, and uses his neighbor, Nick Carroway, to try to reach Daisy. The love of money as the root of evil is a pervading theme. -Barnes&Noble.com Has anyone read this? We're reading this in my English class, and I love it. His descriptions are beautiful, and while the above synopsis seems a little boring, Fitzgerald's style is amazing. |
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Nov 29 2006, 09:06 PM
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^Yeah, I'm always sketchy about exactly why some books are as famous as they are. Like with To Kill a Mockingbird, I could barely bring myself through the first chapter, but afterward, it was such a great novel. The same thing happened with Gatsby. After a couple pages, it was boring. But when Fitzgerald began to describe Gatsby's mansion, and Tom's mansion it was just so frigging beautiful.
And I wish that I had pulled an all-nighter to read it, but we discussed in class every day and I didn't want to ruin it for me too much. |
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kayceeisms The Great Gatsby Nov 18 2006, 01:16 AM
nezumi I just bought it but I have a dozen other books to... Nov 19 2006, 05:34 AM .fire I think Daisy is rather retarted by crying over al... Nov 19 2006, 05:56 AM F_L_I_P I liked the book but dont watch the movie for it. ... Nov 19 2006, 09:16 AM kayceeisms ^Yeah, my teacher said the movie doesn't even ... Nov 19 2006, 12:00 PM d4z3 Yep. The movie did suck and I really did like the ... Nov 19 2006, 12:22 PM walk the line i read that as my summer reading assignment for AP... Nov 20 2006, 08:18 PM d4z3 ^Same here. hate Daisy. Nov 20 2006, 08:26 PM StubbornFemme Yeah, I had to read this for my English class in m... Nov 21 2006, 04:01 PM kayceeisms ^Seriously! Normally, I really dislike books t... Nov 21 2006, 07:46 PM peggysturr I have to read it for English class next semester.... Nov 22 2006, 10:26 PM kayceeisms ^Umm, there's a lot of partying involved. And ... Nov 23 2006, 03:06 PM dreamii I just finsihed this book for my English class... Nov 25 2006, 04:09 PM jr0h Yeah I just finished the book recently and at firs... Nov 28 2006, 08:07 PM Rachel is love This book was definently one of my favorites that ... Dec 3 2006, 04:04 PM unconfirmed_existance I was reading this book just a while ago for schoo... Dec 12 2006, 06:38 PM Le Tale We're reading this for my AP English class.
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kayceeisms ^I've done that with great books, too. Well, m... Dec 21 2006, 04:00 PM Kathleen I looooooved it. Then again, that's no surpri... Dec 13 2006, 01:02 PM T0rmented_Soul I read this junior year..it sucks that I didn... Dec 13 2006, 06:52 PM Kathleen ^ I personally wouldn't say so, but it's s... Jan 4 2007, 09:04 PM capricorn826 I LOVE THIS BOOOK!!
I normally don't ... Jan 4 2007, 09:09 PM Kathleen ^ Which version did you watch? I know that the one... Jan 4 2007, 11:12 PM Maestro We're about to start reading this book in my E... Jan 5 2007, 09:44 PM xxamandajanexx this book is AMAZING! Jan 7 2007, 02:27 AM APPLEjuicex i havent read it but we are reading it this year f... Jan 8 2007, 07:41 PM eavesdroppers I read the book about a month ago. The first 100 p... Mar 1 2007, 04:07 PM cup noodles okay, we finished it.
it was like..one of the wor... Mar 4 2007, 10:20 AM kayceeisms ^ But why?!? Mar 4 2007, 11:03 AM cup noodles it was "scatter brained" and the plot di... Mar 4 2007, 11:32 AM kayceeisms ^Fair enough, I definitely understand the second h... Mar 4 2007, 07:20 PM cup noodles only for not waiting for gatsby. Mar 4 2007, 07:53 PM walk the line i found my copy of it the other day. i'm readi... Mar 5 2007, 08:55 PM xxamandajanexx ^me either. i cannot comprehend or visually imagin... Mar 6 2007, 03:34 PM [Mediocre]Artist My sister is reading the book for her high school ... Mar 6 2007, 09:56 PM MiSSxMELON I just finished The Great Gatsby. I think it's... Mar 13 2007, 09:06 AM imano Definitely on my to-read list! Jan 16 2009, 03:21 PM |
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