/lit/ - Literature

it's garbage

i'm bad at discussing

what do you want to know

>>4207570
it's discussting

>>4207573
What did you think of it?
Why did you think of Gatsby?

>>4207571
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>>4207578
It's a good book.

He's great. I could relate all through-out, except for the motivating ambition but I guess that comes from the poor background. Without that I guess I'm just one of the people that would mock him on the courage of his liquor.

>>4207570
dat's a good book, the movie was aight but no idea why they made Nick into F Fitzy

Find a better book cover

Protip: you can't

>>4207570
Gatsby could be one of the greatest characters of all time. A self made man with infinite hope for a bright future with a perfect woman despite everything pointing to the opposite. And the thing is, the dream was Gatsby itself - without it he lost his identity, his greatness, any meaning of life for that matter.

>“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
>one of the first lines is basically 'check your privilege'

>>4207643
independent of obnoxious identity politics, it's good advice for socializing

>hurr pleb americcunts
>hurr i don't like the plot and characters

>>4207628
This is perfect.

>>4207643
It is sound advice.

>>4207570
good book, but heavily over-rated

I finished high school 8 years ago, so no. Also,
>not moving on to bigger and better things.

>>4207722
by whom exactly? the literary canon? ''critics''? should it be just taken out of schools? As far as I've seen on most American dominated forums, this book is one of the most detested in contemporary USA. By all means, you should critique every piece of writing you come across, but most of the complaints by your youth can be summed up in >durr, was boring, hurr didn't pay attention, durr characters were flat and underdeveloped, what did exactly happen there again?

>>4207688
It is better to work than to think about other people not checking their privilege.

So basically middle schooler general?

>>4207747
>>4207755

Wizard detected.

>>4207570
Bad book written beautifully.

>>4207874
no such thing

>>4207881
The narrative is pretty weak, but I like the style of the prose. It's very possible

There's not much to discuss. To understand this book, you don't have to look any farther than the first chapter.

"Gatsby turned out all right in the end; it was what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men."

Really goddamn boring but it had some good symbolism.

>>4208012
>boring

Are you kidding me? That tension between Gatsby and Tom was great, as was the narration by Nick. I didn't think it was boring at all. However, you might be one of those "I read for the plot" type of clowns, and if so, your opinion is understandable.

>>4208023
I had to read it for school. Even the teacher agreed with me, he hated the book, but he liked the symbolism and the moral.

>>4209148
>>4209148
Just because a dude teaches English literature in high school doesn't mean he's not a complete faggot.

>>4207570
One of those books that is given to people too early, like Catcher in the Rye, and butchered by high-school teachers, who have kids doing asinine things like highlighting all the uses of a color or using it to teach basic literary terms like symbol.
It should be given to people in their early twenties, when they start to understand what it's like to dream big dreams.

>>4209174
This.

I read it at the perfect time- after my most monumental failure. The timing caused it to strike me like no other piece of literature has. Fitzgerald's prose was a bonus.

At first I thought the book was utter horse shit, but it grew on me. I could totally imagine and picture the magnificence of Gatsby throughout the chapters of Nick describing him. It was a very character driven story and I enjoyed it, the movie was also excellent.