The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Options

[HakunaMatata]

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.

[letale]

We're reading this for my AP English class.

I have to say, Gatsby has got to be one of my favorite characters of all times. Just to analyze the things that he does and other interpretations of it is fascinating. I adore this book because when you read it once, you just skim the surface. There is so much to this book, so much symbolism and so much to figure out and decipher. I love the characters. Daisy and her deathly hollowness, Tom's selfishness, Jordan's lying...

This book is so corrupt! I love it! I definitely think there is little enjoyment to be had from just reading it. When you start discussing it and delving deeper, that's when the fun really starts. Amazing book, really.

I love the quote when Gatsby is first seen by Nick, when it says, "Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens." Everything in this book, not just this quote, is so beautifully written by Fitzgerald.