So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

[tonyisthehero]

The expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy stumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had

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[xquarantinedx]

One of my favourite books. It's so masterfully written. I haven't read it for ages, but after seeing this post, I'm going to pick it up!

Go for it old sport!

[tonyisthehero]

I highly recommend re-reading this book. It gets you out of that "what's going to happen next?" mindset and leaves you free to appreciate the finer details. There were so many points where I just had to stop reading. I think my reaction to the characters was a lot more intense in this reading. I remember kind of liking Nick, feeling a little bad for Gatsby at the end, and not thinking too highly of Tom and Daisy.

This time I really liked Nick. I thought Gatsby was heart-breakingly tragic. Tom felt like a big hulking caveman who never says or does anything remotely good/not in his own interest. Daisy just appeared careless and stupid. I remember feeling a little bad for her being stuck unhappily married to Tom the first time through. This time, I felt like she deserved it.

Also, I caught the moments where Fitzgerald captures the whole point of the book in a single sentence or passage. ex: the ones I quoted in the post, but there are so many more.

its in the trunk of my car

[atrophy_of_life]

Yesterday i cleaned out the trunk of my car. My church does a big slae every year and everything that doesnt get bought gets thrown out. My mom does the book booth and they were gonna throw out a ton of classic books so I took them all and was gonna try to find an organization for an underprivledged school or something where they could use such books. I haven't found one yet.. most want new books or "gently used" these are fairly beat up.. but readable. But anyway as I was going through i found that one and thought of you. i haven't read it myself. but I'm going to have to now. I also have about 4 copies of crime and punishment and a pleathera of shakespeare.