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I found reading "The Great Gatzby" enticingly readable and amazing due to Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant writing. In fact, some 40 years ago I usually came across this book on the shelves in nearly all of those good bookstores in Bangkok but I didn't know why I decided not to read it at all. That might be one the outcomes I've since inherited regarding our courses that were primarily English literature oriented in the UK rather than the USA. However, a few years ago I tried reading a few of his sh
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This book has everything; avarice, gluttony, wrath, pride, list, sloth, but most of all... envy. I'd always thought that the American dream was driven by greed, but Fitzgerald makes a strong argument that envy is the trump card. Every sin is committed out of envy. I should expect this to be mandatory reading for every American schoolkid if America is to maintain the values it currently spreads around the world. I suppose I've failed to find the virtue in this American classic.
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While everyone seems to have this romanticized verion of this book in their heads...i seem to remember a much more darker, sobering (ha) story line.
I absolutely adore this book. Not what you expect at all. I would recommend everyone to read it.
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