One of the most interesting aspects of The Great Gatsby is the Point of View. I don’t think I’ve read a book in the point of view of an onlooker, which was written as well as this F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. The book does a decent job at shedding light on the egotistical, desire driven tendencies of human nature. Nick Carraway tells the story of a group of destructive personalities. Carraway starts out starry eyed towards high society but slowly becomes more and more uncomfortable with the unrestrained materialism and lack of morality that comes with it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a unique literary picture of the time and life style, with interesting, snooty and slightly annoying characters. Everyone seems so self absorbed and never think of each other; which helped drive the story beautifully. The book is very familiar to the movie, though the book is far superior. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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Apparently Baz luhrmann is remaking the great gatsby for his next movie. Should be interesting. Glad you liked it
I respect the Great Gatsby more than I actually liked it. While it was great on a technical level, it left me a bit cold.
Maybe one day I will reread it and see if my opinion of it has changed.
The Technical level is the only level that counts
When I read it in high school, I just loved that whole idea of being in love with the idea of love, and unrequited love, and loving the memory of a person, rather than the person they had actually become. It spoke to me on lots of levels. I think the place I was in at the time, made me enjoy it so much more.