This is how I feel about The Great Gatsby:
It’s just a hot mess how could not make this face while reading it.
The movie is better btw for those of you that didn’t like the book either
I sorta made this face when watching it THE WHOLE TIME:
Watching Leonardo DiCaprio acting it out PERFECTLY literally gave me goosebumps.
Now let’s talk about the book and the following memes.
Then me getting aggravated at how dumb Daisy is:
She is literally how every freshman acts at school.
Then when Gatsby and Daisy almost got together:
When Myrtle got run over:
Actually I kinda laughed at this part because I saw it coming.
Me everytime I saw Tom’s name:
When Gatsby got shot:
How I pictured Gatsby crying over Daisy:
Me when Gatsby blew up on Tom
I’m actually crying laughing at myself right now. Brb going get a life hehe.
Okay anyway so I’m supposed to be talking about themes I think so let’s do that. One of the themes we talked about in class was like ‘meet whatever means necessary to achieve your goal’. Their goals were either to achieve the American goal or out-do each other. I feel that this is still very relevant today because people do some crazy stuff nowadays to make a point or reach a goal. Well obviously this didn’t go so well for the characters in the book. Some of the basic examples of the characters wanted to reach their goal is:
- Gatsby becoming obsessive to get Daisy
- Gatsby’s want for money and popularity
- Tom’s want for money and to out-do Gatsby
- Myrtle getting run over trying to get Tom
- Myrtle wanting the high life
- Gatsby getting shot protecting Daisy
- Tom almost losing Daisy over his attempt to expose Gatsby
- Nick wanting to learn about the rich life and Gatsby
- Gatsby trying to overshoot Tom (money and popularity wise)
None of these characters actually reached their goal except maybe Nick. These things were their ideas of reaching the American dream and doing whatever is necessary to meet that. They all did big things that ultimately led to their downfall. (I should get extra points because I used 2 themes btw). If this was real and I could ask the characters one question it would be “Was it worth it”. Was it worth tearing each other apart and almost getting in fist-fights (I’m looking at you tom and Gatsby), and killing people. Why not just let everyone be. Wouldn’t have everything been so different if Gatsby and Daisy had been new lovers with no past? Or if Gatsby hadn’t got shot? Or if Nick hadn’t been the narrator?
Oh no it wasn’t over. But actually it is I was just curious of anyone would scroll this far to see this
you guys right now:
art off with I would like to say that this book is really exciting and different than other kidnapping books. Instead of talking about the book though, I would like to discuss the way blind people get treated in society. The main character in this book was in fact blind. She constantly mentioned how people aren’t very nice to her in public. She got treated different if she had her dog versus having her cane. People paid a lot more attention to her and cared to talk to her if she had her seeing eye dog, but only because that made her seem more normal. If she had her cane, she stated that people were rude to her and treated her like she was invisible. After she became blind she tells her kidnapper that her friends treated her like she was a whole different person. They didn’t talk to her, they were too cautious about what they said around her, and they treated her like they didn’t know who she was. I don’t understand why a person being blind is an issue. They can’t see yes, but they still have a heart and feelings. They are still people. Reading the book and reading how she felt made me angry because even though she is a fictional character I’m sure this happens to real people. This made me think different about the public. People can be so cruel and heartless to people that are even the slightest bit different than them. If they aren’t “mainstream” they might as well be aliens. In the kind of world we live in that is quite sad. The handicapped already struggle to be who they are coping with their handicap. They don’t need the extra baggage from rude people. Even the girls stepmother told the main character she needed to learn to do things on her own because people were getting tired of helping her. Look at it this way, if you were blind, wouldn’t you want to keep the same friends? Be treated the same way? Still have a normal life, and not be constantly reminded by others that you are indeed handicapped and different than others? Exactly. You would. Step a day in the shoes of a person like that and see how difficult it is. Bet you wouldn’t treat someone that way again. Sorry for the rant but things like this make me angry.