{"id":7138,"date":"2025-12-29T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:43:02","slug":"book-review-the-great-gatsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=7138","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Great Gatsby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Great Gatsby<\/em><\/strong>, by F. Scott Fitzgerald <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s another \u201cDan Was Assigned this In High School But Didn\u2019t Read It Until He Was 40\u201d classic! And you know what\u2026 it\u2019s pretty good. It\u2019s an odd novel because you\u2019re never rooting for any of the characters. At least I wasn\u2019t rooting for them. They are all stupid, artless dumb-dumbs and the type of people I would avoid at a party\u2026a party I wouldn\u2019t be invited to in the first place. [See also: Gone With the Wind<\/em>.] And I\u2019d be happy at home watching YouTube videos instead of going to their dumb party!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story is really simple: Rich Dummy pines for the Boring Lady and everyone is miserable. But\u2026get this\u2026despite being miserable, they have big parties. It\u2019s almost as if the parties are a facade?! Could it be that everything is a facade?!?!? And you know what? I\u2019m not sure the billboard in the novel showing the giant eyeglasses is really just a billboard at all!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This short book is a classic because of how well it\u2019s written. F. Scott doesn\u2019t waste a single sentence or word. Everything means something, and there\u2019s a mountain of subtext about American society, wealth, greed, passion, nostalgia and any other theme you could write about in 10th grade. Writing about this book is really easy. Example: The green light of Daisy’s dock represents man\u2019s desire for green lights. The End.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nothing surprising in the book. While the writing was impressive I didn\u2019t drop the book when I was done and weep to the heavens, \u201cI get it! I get what all the fuss is about!\u201d It\u2019s just a genuinely good book. Now I have to go. I hope you have fun at the party. The ad on this YouTube video about ranking Zelda bosses has finally finished and I gotta get back to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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