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These first two weeks we have been looking at the amazing novel, The Great Gatsby. Although at first it took me some time to actually hold the book and read it (let’s not deny it), when I finally got the grasp of it and started understanding it, it became one of my favorite books. I’m not just saying it because I want Mr.Tangen to like me, or because I just want to sound smart (thumbs up), but because it is such a unique book. It is unique in a way in which it makes you pay attention to every detail because you never know which object or thing can be significant throughout the novel. This time we were asked to choose one of the last three paragraphs of the novel (so if you just read the book halfway through, you’re in trouble), and do a close reading on one of the three.
F. Scott Fitzgerald writes, "And I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world," by this passage we can see how after Gatsby's death, Nick is left lonely in a world where he doesn’t really understand why he is there, as Fitzgerald continues, " I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock." Although Gatsby is dead, Nick continues on thinking of him, in which we can imply that Gatsby really caught Nick's attention (although it sounds creepy). Nick's obsession on Gatsby can also lead us to believe that Gatsby is a man that really leaves a strong impression on people and we can also say that the green light meant something more than just a "green light", because it is mentioned a couple times throughout the book. Fitzgerald also states, “He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it." We can see in this passage the love that Gatsby had for Daisy was very strong. It makes the audience realize how much Gatsby fought for Daisy, and the hope that overcame Gatsby when he realized that Daisy was just across the river, and that his dream was going to come true (although it sounds kind of cheesy). Fitzgerald finishes of by saying, “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled." Here we are convinced that Gatsby was never in front of the game, he was just playing it for a while, but he would never win the "grand prize". Fitzgerald gives us the last chance of getting into Gatsby's mind and understanding how everything was just in his imagination, and that at the end, he had nothing left only the "dark fields of the republic rolling under the night." (pg.180)
These first two weeks we have been looking at the amazing novel, The Great Gatsby. Although at first it took me some time to actually hold the book and read it (let’s not deny it), when I finally got the grasp of it and started understanding it, it became one of my favorite books. I’m not just saying it because I want Mr.Tangen to like me, or because I just want to sound smart (thumbs up), but because it is such a unique book. It is unique in a way in which it makes you pay attention to every detail because you never know which object or thing can be significant throughout the novel. This time we were asked to choose one of the last three paragraphs of the novel (so if you just read the book halfway through, you’re in trouble), and do a close reading on one of the three.
F. Scott Fitzgerald writes, "And I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world," by this passage we can see how after Gatsby's death, Nick is left lonely in a world where he doesn’t really understand why he is there, as Fitzgerald continues, " I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock." Although Gatsby is dead, Nick continues on thinking of him, in which we can imply that Gatsby really caught Nick's attention (although it sounds creepy). Nick's obsession on Gatsby can also lead us to believe that Gatsby is a man that really leaves a strong impression on people and we can also say that the green light meant something more than just a "green light", because it is mentioned a couple times throughout the book. Fitzgerald also states, “He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it." We can see in this passage the love that Gatsby had for Daisy was very strong. It makes the audience realize how much Gatsby fought for Daisy, and the hope that overcame Gatsby when he realized that Daisy was just across the river, and that his dream was going to come true (although it sounds kind of cheesy). Fitzgerald finishes of by saying, “He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled." Here we are convinced that Gatsby was never in front of the game, he was just playing it for a while, but he would never win the "grand prize". Fitzgerald gives us the last chance of getting into Gatsby's mind and understanding how everything was just in his imagination, and that at the end, he had nothing left only the "dark fields of the republic rolling under the night." (pg.180)
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