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The Great Gatsby
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bookshelves: alltime100novel, guardians100greatest, modernlibrary100best, time-10greatestbooks
Jun 10, 2007
bookshelves: alltime100novel, guardians100greatest, modernlibrary100best, time-10greatestbooks
Read 2 times. Last read August 1, 2006.
Last summer I felt compelled to read this book again. This is my definition of the perfect novel. The capturing of the period is like a time capsule, the characters so real. The tragic ending. This book reminded me that everything that looks good is not good, and everything that is coveted is not necessarily real. It reminds me of how much of life is actually an illusion. This is a short novel, and everyone should read it. One of my all-time favorites.
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August 1, 2006
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Finished Reading
June 10, 2007
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September 10, 2007
– Shelved as:
alltime100novel
March 10, 2008
– Shelved as:
guardians100greatest
June 9, 2008
– Shelved as:
modernlibrary100best
August 22, 2009
– Shelved as:
time-10greatestbooks
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Nov 11, 2010 03:00PM
Alison is right about the message about life being an illusion. Jay Gatz follows his romantic dream and the green light (daisy's love). But the narrator, Nick Carroway does not despair and it is he who you have to watch to recognize how to deal with the disillusionment. He narrarates the book and recommends how we deal with the reality of illusion. Carroway returns to his midwest ideals with an understanding of illusion. In "tender is the night" the main character interestingly turns away from his "fathers" and without the past to orient him his life falls apart.
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