Response To The Great Gatsby

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Jefferson Ortiz 6299039595395 ENG4U June 5,2014 Dear Ms. Hurtle This book The Great Gatsby is by far, one of the most symbolic books I have ever read. This book is extremely interesting to me and it has a lot of things I can connect to. Sadly, I never had the chance to read this book more than once. The older I become, the more I am able to understand the concept and moral of the story line. The Great Gatsby is taught in many high schools for various reasons. This allows students to deconstruct meaning, symbolic pieces as well as imagery. The Great Gatsby is taught throughout high school because it portrays the 1920's and how different it is from today's society. It also explores many important symbols…show more content…
Although, he is not in love with the Daisy’s personality, he is infatuated by her looks. One could say that he is in love with the illusion of daisy. The idea of her still being the same girl he left behind before going to war is the idea he obsesses over. He does not realize that he can not just pick up where he left off. When he returned to his beloved Daisy, she had broken her promise and married a wealthy man as well as had a child. The person Daisy pretends to be is pure and beautiful but to the reader she is naive and too loyal for her…show more content…
The great thought of been wealthy and having luxurious objects excites oneself.This idea that materialistic things are going to make us happy can be a disappointing to those who have it all (money,cars,women ) and are still not happy .Media gives us a fake or rather an illusion of what we need ,what we desire ,what we love .We all want to be successful and have a life just like Jay Gatsby ,to be known as a hero and to be know as a wealthy successful person . But is that all we are in this world for ? is that all that our heart and body really wants? , or is that something that our mind has been forced with all this media .When we die would people come to our funeral because its in their heart or because it will benefit their pocket. I feel like the way the book was written was for the reader to really get a sense of the life that The Gatsby was living , the amount of people who knew him or off him . Also the amount of people that fit in his mansion. Lastly the important people that showed up to his parties, for middle class, to the highest class possibly in New York, to lower
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