The Great Gatsby

I actually found The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to be a pretty good book.  At first, it was pretty boring and a little confusing for me, but I really started to enjoy it after the majority of the characters had been introduced. It's not that I thought that it was incredibly written, I more liked the whole plot line because it was so drama filled and soap opera like. It was pretty clever how Fitzgerald slowly unfolded pieces of the puzzle as the book went on. For instance how at first all that was known was that Jay Gatsby liked to throw extravagant parties, but as it turned out he didn't even like parties; He was just hoping that one day Daisy Buchanan would show up at one of his parties. Though Fitzgerald filled in some of the pieces and blanks, he also kept somethings unknown, leaving them a mystery. Perfect.

This book almost makes me wish that I lived during 1920's. Wouldn't it be great to go to these seemingly amazing parties whenever you wanted? Or to just be able to run over anyone with a car and completely escape any punishment? It would be something. The cool thing about The Great Gatsby is that you got to see life in the 1920's from basically every perspective possible. Fitzgerald painted a vivid picture of life as a rich bootlegger (Jay Gatsby), a man of "old money" (Tom Buchanan), a pathetic "old money" house wife (Daisy Buchanan), an average man (Nick Carraway), a poor couple (The Wilsons), and an independent, self made woman (Jordan Baker). Beause Fitzgerald has such a wide variety in his characters, it is really cool to see the diversity in personalities and ways of life.

The Great Gatsby was a nice glimpse at what life was like back in the 1920's with plenty of funny and serious twists, but not lacking it's fair share of predictability. Then again, what good drama doesn't?