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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My problem with the Great Gatsby is not the story, it's the writing style. I have to admit this is the first time I read this and I haven't read anything else by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I don't know if it is just him, the time it was written, or just my preference.
That being said there are a lot of secrets and lies that take place in this book. Half truths and wandering eyes. If society was anything like this book made it out to be the "morals" that we are being pushed back into didn't exist even then. Even then everyone should have people in the end.
That being said there are a lot of secrets and lies that take place in this book. Half truths and wandering eyes. If society was anything like this book made it out to be the "morals" that we are being pushed back into didn't exist even then. Even then everyone should have people in the end.
I keep thinking about this book. I am reading something else or two somethings else and ... well, I think it will be with me for longer that I expected.
The thing I think about now is this theme of running away--but we get "borne back ceaselessly to the past." Somehow an unresolved past (long ago or not so long ago) can kill you if you don't resolve it or keep on moving.
I have been pondering also the extent that Gatsby still represents an America of garish excess, pining away for some ideal, begins to rot at its moral core when it could be seeking its full potential.
The thing I think about now is this theme of running away--but we get "borne back ceaselessly to the past." Somehow an unresolved past (long ago or not so long ago) can kill you if you don't resolve it or keep on moving.
I have been pondering also the extent that Gatsby still represents an America of garish excess, pining away for some ideal, begins to rot at its moral core when it could be seeking its full potential.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not sure what the point of this book was. I guess basically it boils down to old money people are snobs who hate everyone but themselves - you can't break into that circle even if you sleep with them, or have your own money and try to buy their affection. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But I admit the language of it at times was quite poetic
But I admit the language of it at times was quite poetic