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I read the novel 1st when I was still a teenager and thought of it as you do. A simple romantic novel with a tragic end
Years later I watched the film with Redford and I still thought of it as a sad romantic film with some added misogyny.
But then I read it again in my early forties and it suddenly hit me. It was really about America. Every notion in the book is reflective of the US and its culture. The American dream is just part of it. The struggle between old money and new money, the idea of being naively hopeful dreaming of something great that has already passed. America was once a dream of a place, a chance to start again, away from the old ideas and barriers. But by the time Fitzgerald wrote the novel, it was already ruined. It was just that the newcomers didn't realise it. The dream that you have travelled so far for is just across the bay. The shallowness of its reality and its tragic state. It is all about America. Daisy is America.
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I'm not American, but i knew this novel when I was a 15 year old boy, I saw the most recent film of the great Gatsby and I fell in love with the story, later I read the book and that is where my habit for literature began. To this day it is one of my favorite novels and I have a special affection for it
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My high school English teacher in Soweto, South Africa back in the 1980's presented this book with such power I decided to not only learn about America, but also visit the country. I fulfilled that dream and recently found my old copy of the book at my parents home. The pleasure which this book gave me is beyond words.
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āYou canāt repeat the past? ā¦ Why of course you can old sportā
To me, this book (not exclusively) is about the Faustian spirit of America and the American Dream. Itās one of my favourite novels even though Iām not a big fiction guy.
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OMG sooooo glad you did a show on Gatsby. A classic if there ever were one!!
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I don't know if you need to be American to truly appreciate the novel, but it helps to understand some of the underlying themes. How is it about the "American Dream"? Because Gatsby represents the optimistic rule breaker. Sure he swindled his money, but so did Tom and Tom's ancestors and anyone who ever got rich in America. That's how money is made. But Gatsby is somewhat redeemed, because his pursuit of money is a romantic pursuit. He doesn't chase money for money's sake, he chases it for a bigger dream. This was the American Dream, was it not? To get rich, marry the woman of your dreams and live happily ever after in a big house? To be a fulfilled romantic? To come from nothing and ACHIEVE.
This is why Nick tells Gatsby he's "better than the lot of them." The others didn't believe in anything. There was no romance. No dreams. They just wallowed in their own wealth that none of them earned and that none of them knew how to truly enjoy.
It's no coincidence that Tom is racist and misogynist. That's the point. The "old money" consists of a bunch of incurious, cruel, dumb, spoiled louts. And, yet, they don't need to be anything more to win. Tom beats Gatsby because that's America. Cruel, dumb privilege will beat the snot out of naive romance any day. The American Dream is just that--a dream. The reality is that Tom and people like him are in charge, and will remain in charge. And people like Daisy are ultimately ok with that. They will also give up their own dreams for the "practicality" of siding with the Toms of the world.
I think it may be helpful to have grown up poor or as some kind of outsider to appreciate the novel, and Gatsby's pursuit and Nick's admiration of Gatsby. America treats you like you don't matter. You're in the way. And, in Gatsby's case, it sent him off to war to potentially die, at worst, lose the love of his life, at best, and to loser her to a man like Tom.
The simplicity of the tale is part of what makes it effective. Fitzgerald wasn't going for Tolstoyian complexity and nuance. He was shooting for something more akin to haiku, or other short poetry--evoking and hinting at some unspeakable truth or reality. Part of the reason it's been so ripe for interpretation and conversation is this aspect of the novel.
Anyhow, that's my penny-and-a-half. I adore the book. It's resonated with me since my early 20s. I'm not sure if its the greatest American novel, but that's sort of a silly--and utterly subjective--thing to worry about anyway. There is no Great American Novel, only Great American Novels. And this is one of them.
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These were one of the books that made me love English in high school.
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"A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is a short story written by Fitzgerald and rarely mentioned but was used in radio stories from the late 1940's.
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I can't belive i watched that for free.
Many thanks!
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As a child I saw that we'll after midnight, HBO was playing a movie called Zelda.
I was so excited bc i played that video game all the time.
Well, about 90 minutes in, Zelda has some kind of freak out after a period of doing so well and they realize she needs to go to a home.
The credits rolled and I was like, "this was not what I expected," but thought it was still related to the game.
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This is a great channel.
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For some reason I never read The Great Gatsby. Love William Faulkner and Henry Longfellow, there is just a rawness there that is just earth shattering to me. Love your channel it has quickly become one of my favorites!
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Mr, Fiction, you make me laugh at myself. Why? Because, I don't know why I don't want to like your thinking but I DO ! I concur with you take on much you choose to publish on YouTube. I also wish I did not see the humor and sensitivity within what you present to us. So, what I am really saying is that.... I do enjoy and look forward to your uploads. xo Claire
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This was so fun to listen to, you always make it fun. The guy letting her leave with Gatsby does sound weird.š. I will make sure I watch the video tomorrow as it was fully enjoyable to hear.
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I never read the story before but I understand as you publish it,for me it a great story and it doesn't have happy ending that shows fitgerald was submissive to the inspiration
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Best thing I got from this book was to leave the past in the past , just my option
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Most of us in America had to read this book in high school growing up and I remember most people hating it (including myself). When I picked it up in my 20s and read it again, I really appreciated it. Canāt deny that beautiful writing/story telling in such a short book too, and it leaves a lot up to discussion regardless of whoever hates or loves it.
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Of course petrol was a thing in 1922, as was the car.
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I felt this novel reach into my soul and present to me such things I didnāt know existed.
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