The Great Gatsby

Tidusauron12 · January 11th, 2009, 07:49 AM

I have to read and annotate this short for my AP Language Arts class. Before I begin, I thought I would ask peoples' opinions of the work here. Is it good? What themes should I look out for? What problems do you have for the novel or the author himself?

emotoaster · January 11th, 2009, 08:15 AM

It's good. I hate reading though. Themes mainly talk about the Decline of the American Dream, Corruption of society in the 20's, love, hiding ones self. There are more but this is what I can think of off the top of my head.

Haro! · January 11th, 2009, 09:17 AM

The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books ever! It is awesome and you should read it Tidusauron. That is all.

kenshinbebop · January 11th, 2009, 12:21 PM

Hey! I'm in AP Language and Literature and I'm reading that right now!

I'm suppose to finish it this weekend. It's a really good book so far, but I had the ending ruined for me.

Really good book though, and I like the author. I bought his collection of short stories. He wrote the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that is now a movei in theaters.

I don't have any problems with him or the book really.

As for themes...the spirit of the "Jazz Age" and the differentiation of social classes are very prominent.

Haro! · January 11th, 2009, 10:32 PM

For high school I wrote about how GG has the theme of you have to get that paper or else you'd be *****less. Or something like that. Money = women, old sport.

Leader Desslock · January 12th, 2009, 05:20 AM

I'd say it's a very good novel, but one which I personally find rather uninteresting. I had it assigned by one too many teachers/professors over the years, so I'm not keen to read it again any time ... ever again, really.

It probably didn't help that I've never been interested in that era / high society, etc. It's basically a very well-written novel about a group of people I don't care about, doing things I don't care about, in a time when nothing much matters to me. But it is well-written, and I can enjoy it for the mechanics of the narrative, if nothing else.

Hara! · January 12th, 2009, 06:15 AM

The Great Gatsby's ending is the 2girls1cup of popular 20th century literature. Okay, not that bad. More like the Pain Olympics, because it gets you in the balls.

I loved how it portrayed upper-class disillusionment, though. I guess money really can't buy happiness...

goddessofanime · January 12th, 2009, 04:18 PM

Read it years ago.

I found it pretty easy to read.

xia · February 17th, 2009, 06:11 PM

I had to read that in AP english also in highschool...

And dont remember a damn thing.
Except that I had found it to be pretty good.

January 11th, 2009, 07:49 AM	#1
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January 11th, 2009, 08:15 AM	#2
emotoaster The Fighting! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In Orange Land being LOYAL! Posts: 1,002	It's good. I hate reading though. Themes mainly talk about the Decline of the American Dream, Corruption of society in the 20's, love, hiding ones self. There are more but this is what I can think of off the top of my head. __________________ IPPO NATION!

January 11th, 2009, 09:17 AM	#3
Haro! is for the ladies Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,006 Blog Entries: 7	The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books ever! It is awesome and you should read it Tidusauron. That is all. __________________ I invented the friggin' iPhone. Have you heard of it? - Steve Jobs When it's us it's 'abortion', when its a chicken it's an omelet. - George Carlin

January 11th, 2009, 12:21 PM	#4
kenshinbebop Better late than never Join Date: May 2005 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 4,014	Hey! I'm in AP Language and Literature and I'm reading that right now! I'm suppose to finish it this weekend. It's a really good book so far, but I had the ending ruined for me. Really good book though, and I like the author. I bought his collection of short stories. He wrote the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that is now a movei in theaters. I don't have any problems with him or the book really. As for themes...the spirit of the "Jazz Age" and the differentiation of social classes are very prominent. __________________ I want to be your good friend, what do you think? I want to be your best friend in your life.

January 11th, 2009, 10:32 PM	#5
Haro! is for the ladies Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,006 Blog Entries: 7	For high school I wrote about how GG has the theme of you have to get that paper or else you'd be *****less. Or something like that. Money = women, old sport. __________________ I invented the friggin' iPhone. Have you heard of it? - Steve Jobs When it's us it's 'abortion', when its a chicken it's an omelet. - George Carlin

January 12th, 2009, 05:20 AM	#6
Leader Desslock Watching Reign: The Conqueror Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 13,533	I'd say it's a very good novel, but one which I personally find rather uninteresting. I had it assigned by one too many teachers/professors over the years, so I'm not keen to read it again any time ... ever again, really. It probably didn't help that I've never been interested in that era / high society, etc. It's basically a very well-written novel about a group of people I don't care about, doing things I don't care about, in a time when nothing much matters to me. But it is well-written, and I can enjoy it for the mechanics of the narrative, if nothing else. __________________ Desslock's opinion doesn't even factor in because he's played Devil's advocate for both sides of the argument... ~Chuchuchrain

January 12th, 2009, 04:18 PM	#8
goddessofanime Back in black Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: BACK ONLINE Posts: 22,025 Blog Entries: 23	Read it years ago. I found it pretty easy to read. __________________ Avatar: Saitou Hajime, Hakuoki version Book blog!http://nogara40.wordpress.com/