"I believe that reading is like falling in love. If you’re doing it right, you’re using your whole heart. And if your heart isn’t prodded, torn, and hopelessly lost in the process, then you’re not doing it passionately enough." ~ Literary Monarch 

Salutations, bloggers! Seeing that this is my first post, I decided it would be best to begin with something very close to my heart to hopefully give a well enough insight into who I am, and what I intend this blog to be. So I have chosen The Great Gatsby to review to you all today, seeing that it is a favorite of mine. 

Now, if you haven’t already decided you hate it because that one English teacher you loathed in high school spent half a year drilling its metaphors and motifs into your mind, I encourage you to pick it up this weekend. It is a short, easy, read drenched in delicious diction, and that rich-living we can help but fantasize for. 
I won’t lie, there are some slower parts near the beginning, but I assure you, this novel is far more than a movie DiCaprio starred in, or another dusty classic those pompous readers discuss so loudly in coffee shops. This is the book that holds mirrors to us all, and the one that tore down the curtain shielding the reality of what shames high society. This is the book, I dare say, that permanently changed how we see our America. 

Not only has it been accurately considered “The Great American Novel” but the potency of Mr. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s words are undeniable and captivating. Flawlessly sculpting the raw truth of society’s dark underbelly, and human nature itself, Fitzgerald expresses eloquent emotion of what the American dream is, and also the reality of such a thing. And who cannot relish in such an untainted honesty as that?

Although the story takes place in the glamorous high of the roaring twenties, so much remains extremely relatable. Our protagonist, Jay Gatsby, is a man hell-bent on obtaining his american dream. Draped in outrageous fortune, he makes it clear that social position is everything if he wishes to possess his elusive dream: the married, Mrs. Daisy Buchanan.

Our narrator Nick Carraway, though unreliable at times, serves as more of a bystander than a real influence to the story. He serves as a confidant to the other characters, but his observations are what breathes life into the pages. 

Dripping in scandalous endeavors, bootlegging, mansions, fantastic parties that would put any modern concert to shame, and a high life most can only dream of, is soaked deep into the ink of this novel. This books tells the story of one man’s desperation to be “great”, to have the fantasy life that’s worth gloating over, the misery in such worldly perfections, and the price that extravagancy demands…

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, feel free to leave a comment of how you liked it, or if you have any recommendations for me!

Thank you so much for your visit! 

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