Admittedly, the Great Gatsby was probably my favorite book of all time. Why? It was so catchy!
To start off, we have Gatsby, he's so ambitious and sad in a way that he stands across the river, staring at the lights on the other side. It catches the fall of the roaring 20's right before it happens. First of all we have the narrator, Nick.
Now he's not so deluded in the riches so that he loses himself to their ways, he makes friends with Gatsby. Gatsby hosts parties every so often and would seem like he takes part in them, but he actually just stands on the outskirts. The mystique of Gatsby starts from the very beginning when we meet him. Then he gets better and better when he reveals the true motive behind his being in the area. He wants to get his lost love.
I am not a very avid reader of love stories nor do I take particular interests in political writings such as these, but I found that this book in particular struck a chord. These were one of the very few books in which I was saddened by the ending. This and 1984 were touching pieces that complexly graphed the decline of society as well as the corruption of love.
Inhuman, this book has everything to do with he American dream. Remember when Gatsby gains all of his fortune through illegal circumstances, all for his love, but in the end, when he finally opposes his love's husband, she sides with her husband. That is the tragedy, where we see that the American dream, in the end, is unachievable.
Very good read, 8.6/10