The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I was unsure how I felt about The Great Gatsby for a while because well, not much actually happens. It's the story of a few people living fairly uneventful lives. However, I greatly enjoyed getting to know Gatsby, I thought the writing was wonderful and entrancing, and I really liked Nick as a character and enjoyed viewing the story through his eyes. I think it's simply a nice, wholesome read.nicole-adrianne wrote: ↑01 Jan 2020, 13:45 Unpopular opinion: I didn't like The Great Gatsby. I don't think I really understood the point of it. I mean this question genuinely: can you please help change my mind?
As others have mentioned; Gatsby loved the idea of a girl who didn't exist. I loved that the 'Great' Gatsby was a lonely man despite all his appearances, who lived in hope that the girl he loved would come back to him. He was everything she loved - money, success, glamour. And she was the American dream. It's a tragic but beautiful story. And despite the story being short, I felt like I knew the characters well at the end of it.
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Have yet to see the re-make but did see the version with Robert Redford. Can't recall much about the book but do remember some key pieces that made their way into the film (1974). I really liked how some scenarios weren't overplayed, like in some modern "literature".laceyehrlich wrote: ↑17 Jun 2013, 12:16 In preparation for the summer film, The Great Gatsby, I re-read the book. Of course, it was just as good as it was the first time I read it, but I was able to pick up on some things that I hadn't noticed (or cared to pay attention to) in high school. I am interested, though, in talking about the differences and similarities between the book and the movie. It's easy to say "the book was better;" we know that, it always is. But what did you think about how the symbolism and the foreshadowing came across in the book vs. in the movie?
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