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F.Scott Fitzgerald's famous Gatsby - James Gatz - dies while floating in his own swimming pool, shot by Wilson, "one of those worn out men", who then shoots himself in Gatsby's garden.
Wilson mistakenly thinks Gatsby killed Myrtle Wilson, his sensuous and adulterous wife and suspects Gatsby of being her lover.
Myrtle is in fact mown down accidentally by Daisy - Gatsby's unworthy muse - while she is at the wheel of Gatsby's car after an emotionally turbid time one stifling afternoon in New York.
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Wilson mistakenly thinks Gatsby killed Myrtle Wilson, his sensuous and adulterous wife and suspects Gatsby of being her lover.
Myrtle is in fact mown down accidentally by Daisy - Gatsby's unworthy muse - while she is at the wheel of Gatsby's car after an emotionally turbid time one stifling afternoon in New York.
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For the people who despise the traditional love stories, this is a perfect book for them. The plot and depiction of elitist society is uncannily that it seems to be based on actual events. How the main protagonists seem to be bound by the whims of society rather than their own free will makes this book not only relate-able now but for as long as another human being is there to judge.
This is an assigned book for my American Literature and Writing course. So far, I've only read about a chapter and a half, but I find it interesting, and the writing style is superb!
I finished Gatsby Monday night. There aren't really any words which would accurately and completely sum up my feelings about this book. I certainly found it to be interesting and engaging (once I got past the first four chapters which were interminable), and the ending took me by surprise. ...more
I finished Gatsby Monday night. There aren't really any words which would accurately and completely sum up my feelings about this book. I certainly found it to be interesting and engaging (once I got past the first four chapters which were interminable), and the ending took me by surprise. ...more
Totally obsessed with this book. Totally.
The Great American Novel. Period.
I love reading the story, enjoying the way it was written depicting the American social classes of an era using geographic terms like East and West egg and all about the American dream . Interesting, engaging and intriguing until the end.
One of those books that leaves you walking around in a daze after you finish it. It wasn't blatantly happy or sad, just meaningful in a special way.
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Feb 25, 2011
Rebecca Youe
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it was amazing
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