The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby 

by: F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Synopsis: The Great Gatsby is a story bout Nick Carraway, a Mid-Western man, who moves to Rhode Island and becomes a apart of the glamorous lives of the rich, in the Roaring Twenties. He meets and befriends his neighbor, a millionaire, Jay Gatsby. Nick experiences the positive and the negative parts of the intense Eastern lifestyle. 

Review: The Great Gatsby was good, but it wasn't the best. I think it was very interesting to read about the 1920s, even if it wasn't 100% real. Most of the book I wanted to keep reading, but other parts were so boring I could barely read it. There was a lot of symbolism throughout the book, and this could be both good and bad. It's good because it makes you think and look harder throughout the book. However it's also bad because sometimes while reading it's nice for the author to straight out tell you what's going on and not force you to interpret everything. I liked the end very much. It had explanations and concluded each person's story very nicely. I'm glad I read it, but I also wish I could've read it outside of school, so I could enjoy and appreciate it even more.