I was amazed to meet Gatsby here
– I mean the way F. Scott Fitzgerald presented him in the book; Jay Gatsby was
quite intriguing. He was the sort of a mysterious man with deep sense of
attachment to his past, driven passionately by his loyal love to Daisy Buchanan,
and firmly determined to get things according to his plans.
The Great Gatsby was one of the greatest
classic novels that you would treasure for a lifetime. This was not your kind
of inspirational book, of which you could count on to uplift your spirit and
develop your morality, but this was the type of novel that would serve as your
window to human’s weaknesses and would leave you significant thoughts to ponder
about.
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Jay Gatsby was an emotionally
bothered individual -- toughened by difficult experiences in life, he lived with
full dedication to fulfill his dreams and revive the relationship that he and
Daisy had five years ago. And Daisy, oh Daisy was such a sweet siren who got me
confused if she was really the fragile type or the wise one who played around
with the irresistible effect she had with anyone. But one thing for sure, Daisy
was the one who value status and money more than anything else otherwise Jay
Gatsby wouldn’t strive really hard to level his self to the gaudy, fancy life
that Daisy loved.
Looking at the story through the
point of view of Nick Carraway also gave me the impression of seeing Nick as F.
Scott himself. Nick was the cousin of Daisy here who happened to become Gatsby’s
closest friend. You would be looking to the entire story through Nick’s
spectacles, who shared the reader a shallow depiction of his self saved for the
opinions and feelings he had towards the whole Gatsby-Daisy thing.
F. Scott Fitzgerald had given us
a story that would leave us empathizing due to its ill-fated ending – nor affirming
or refuting its possible existence. I, myself, was left drifting on thoughts of
believing and denying. Denying to the sense that I don’t want such thing to
happen in my case; believing because this was apparently the sort of reality
and not just one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s surreal ideas.
I wouldn’t mind reading this
novel for several times. The author had written here substantial phrases that I
wouldn’t mind re-reading and re-digesting on my mind. For this wonderful
literary piece I will give it a rate of 8 cups of latte.
Hope you guys can find
time to read this one. The novel was followed by several film adaptations bearing the same title The Great Gatsby, the most recent was this 2013 film starred by Leonardo Di Caprio and Tobey Maguire.
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