The Great
Gatsby is one amazing story. It is full
of liquor, parties, adultery, and death.
There was never a dull moment. As
much as I loved the whole tale, the last chapter is one that I will never
forget. There is such a love/hate
relationship with Gatsby and the reader, but in the last chapter the love
reaches its peak via compassion and sadness.
As for the rest of the characters, well, the reader really just grows to
hate them. Besides Nick (the narrator),
the other characters are stuck up and selfish.
Lewis does an amazing job of establishing his characters.
C.S Lewis
also loves to use symbols throughout his work.
In The Great Gatsby, he uses clocks to a billboard. To tell you all the truth, I would not have
noticed these symbols had I of not read this in high school a few years
ago. Reading it a second time, the
symbols were a lot more noticeable and added a lot more character to an already
amazing story. However, there were
moments where the craft of the story didn’t seem to go smoothly. It seemed at times that Lewis made a mistake
and tried to correct it with a sentence. It was like “oh yea, all that I just said
happened a month ago and now this is happening.” It distracted from the otherwise creative
structure of the story.
This story
is very entertaining. It is also only
180 pages and fairly easy to read, so there is no reason NOT to! This is an all American 1920’s story that
everyone should read. I am sure your
local book store has a million copies, so go!
Shoo! Go read this damn great story!
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