“The Great
Gatsby”… One of those glorious stories
that creates so many thoughts in your head! I believe I’ve experienced the full
range of feelings while reading it. Intrigue, admiration, fondness, excitement,
sympathy, shame, anger and frustration… I am
telling about MY perception of the book..
But the
point is that the genius Fitzgerald’s language makes the story understandable
and close to all of us. Everyone sees in it something or other. You know like
in a colored flower field someone marks blue blossoms, when another notices
only yellow ones…
And yet for me
it is about a poor boy then a young man who was so blind and ridden by his ambition
(not love!) to be a part of high society that was struggling for it until the very last breath. He remained a poor boy, wasn’t be able to understand why with all
his wealth and popularity and glitter all’s gone wrong? Even Daisy, his love,
his affection behaved not in a way he was expecting it. To tell you the truth I hated this silly and
careless girl at the end, the end that became so sad for Gatsby… I felt pity for him, pity mixed with annoyance
because of his failure to sort out life priorities!
Without any doubts the novel will be being discussed on different levels for many decaded. Though it narrates about the society of 1920s, it hasn't lost its relevance until now...
Here is a curious article by Rosa Inocencio Smith who compares Tom Buchanan (a "bad guy" and Daisy's husband) with D.Trump how-the-great-gatsby-explains-trump
And what do you think?
P.S. The
edition of “The Great Gatsby” I got from my dear friend Lara contains three
precious additions: General Editor James L. W. West III’s note on the text,
Eleanor Lanahan’s (Fitzgerald’s granddaughter) foreword and an introduction by
two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. All three things give a full
insight into the story and its history!
