Okay I guess this book confused me a bit, But i think thats why i liked it soooo much. I suppose I don't really have a word to describe it,"ironic" maybe?
Nick Carraway the main character starts out the book by saying, "Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." But somehow one of his last statements about Gatsby is "we were close friends". how exactly does someone represent scorn and somehow be a close friends? Or what about the fact that Daisy is very upset about at the beginning about tom and his mistress then later in a way cheats with Gatsby? Oh maybe I'm confused and this book isn't ironic at all but what about the fact that Nick was raised in what you might call a privileged family and ends up poor, and on the other hand Gatsby was born very poor and ends up dying wealthy. The other ironic situation in the novel to me was for Gatsby to have so many people at his parties and didn't seem to have any family, when at his funeral no one showed up accepted the one man and his father....
This particular novel sent me through a loop! I was very confused the first couple chapters, then i really got into the book. At about the middle of chapter seven i thought right there would have been the perfect fairytale ending everyone was happy. but those last couple chapters i went back to being a bit confused i was sad and depressed while reading. Supprisingly though after i finished the book i was over joyed and it took me awhile why. I figure however that it is the fact that the book, made me realize how much i love my life and it makes me appreciate my family friends and just life in general so much more.
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I think Nick found Gatsby interesting. Nick scorned Gatsby, because Nick hated New York and Gatsby represented everything about New York. I think Nick wanted to get to understand Gatsby and wanted to know why Gatsby was like the he was. As you know he did all of this to impress Daisy. I think Nick realized this and that is why he befriended Gatsby.
ReplyDeleteIrony is a great word to describe this book, it completely revolves around irony and peoples past. I agree there and this book felt like a soap opera cause Nick is with Jordan then he leaves her and she's engaged then Gatsby and Daisy have a secret love then it ends then Gatsby gets shot, I would see my grandma watching something like this on TV.
ReplyDeleteI dont understand why you said you would get depressed and saddend by the reading, I found it interesting, and didnt find that many sad moments. Was it all the betyral that made it seem sad? But its good that you were back to being joyfull at the end of the book
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with Michael. This book was very ironic. Why do you think Fitzgerald used it as a literary tactic to reach his readers? What is the purpose of the irony? I think this would be an excellent topic to explore for a paper. This book is not what you expect from the characters to setting to plot. Good Job!
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