I read The Great Gatsby in September, and I'm not sure why I’m suddenly compelled to write about it now. Maybe it's because I was thinking about this as the year is about to end. If someone were to ask me, "What is that one book that comes to your mind when you think about the best books you’ve read this year?" I’d have so many good books to choose from, but somehow The Great Gatsby stands out. Still, I’m not sure if it’s “best” enough to consider, especially with so many great authors I've read this year. But I don’t know… there’s something about it. I really felt for Mr. Gatsby, and I’ve become a fan of Fitzgerald’s writing style. Maybe that’s why I’ve also picked up The Beautiful and the Damned by him.
I felt for Gatsby deeply, how badly he wanted to be loved and accepted, and how society—well, it was just a mess. The whole situation, his longing for something unattainable, was heartbreaking. It really made me connect in a way I hadn't expected.
One of the behind the scene thing that fascinated me was learning that when Fitzgerald was a terrible terrible speller, the draft was full of grammatical mistakes, and His friends even told him that with such skills, he would never be a writer. And now, here we are, reading it as one of the greatest novels in American literature and with some of the best examples about the use of symbolism ever. Of course, revisions were made thanks to all the editors involved.
When I ordered The Great Gatsby, I had this thought, "You’re a literature student, and you haven’t read this great novel yet, what are you doing?" And as soon as I received the book, I started reading it immediately. That’s rare for me, i order a lot of books, but there are only about five books a year that I pick up and start reading as soon as they arrive. This one was one of them, and I’m glad it happened that way. The Great Gatsby lived up to everything I had imagined.
Looking ahead, I’m excited to explore more of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work. People often group him with Ernest Hemingway, saying both writers focus on detail. When I think about it, I’d say Hemingway writes with even more detail, However talking about Hemingway I read The Old Man and the Sea too this year, and reading A Farewell to Arms for this Semester.
That’s all I wanted to say
Sorry for going off-topic at times, but I guess that’s what a personal blog is for, right?
Looks like you need "A Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ASAP
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