The Great Gatsby

 Recently in class, we have read and watched The Great Gatsby. It's a story about a wealthy man, named Jay Gatsby, that does so much for the love of his life. The book is written in the point of view of this man's neighbor, Nick. I found the book to be incredible. each scene was described as the mood and each page was consisted of poetry. Just the analogies were so captivating. The story was basic, with romance, conflict, death, and parties. In other words, a good book for everyone.

      The movie was not unlike the book. It was from Nick's point of view but it was focused on him recalling the story in a novel he writes. I enjoyed this way of telling the story because it allowed Nick to explain his emotions in the scenario, helping us to understand the mood. But contrary to that, it made the emotions biased.

F. Scott Fitzgerald developed characters well in terms of back-stories and personalities, making the book easy to follow. The movie was so much like the book that even a majority of the lines were directly from the book. I don’t know about you but I absolutely dread when I enjoy a novel and then the movie destroys it *ahem* Percy Jackson *cough, cough*.

I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone looking for a good read. With the lessons portrayed and the enhanced drama, I found I couldn’t put it down. When you think of the older novels that are written way back when, you usually aren’t as interested because it doesn’t touch the topic of today’s problems/ scenarios. But The Great Gatsby unexpectedly mentioned these problems just in a translated form. Overall I give this novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald a huge thumbs up.