All that I could think about while reading this book was that I wanted to live in the 20s and be a flapper girl. The way F. Scott Fitzgerald described Gatsby’s parties could make anyone feel that way.
We are going to look at the humanity of man and woman in class, so while I was reading the book, I was waiting for something inhumane to happen. It took until the part where Myrtle was hit by Gatsby’s car until I realized the plot was finally starting to thicken. Usually, main characters don’t die, at least not in the books that I have read. So I was surprised when Gatsby was shot and killed by Myrtle’s husband, especially because it was not Gatsby who hit Myrtle, it was Daisy. I saw the inhumanity come out in Tom Buchanan once he told George Wilson that the owner of the car was Gatsby. Tom wanted Gatsby out of his and Daisy’s life, so he made sure it happened.
It does sound fun, doesn't it--except for all the shallow people!
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