The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Roaring Twenties... the Jazz age... all parts of the setting that Fitzgerald has set up for the reader to experience. Fitzgerald has done an excellent job making all of the setting very visual for the reader. We can see more development in Mr. Gatsby's personality. For one, we find that Gatsby is a loner, standing alone while everyone else is having a good time at the party. Also, we can see that Gatsby has a thing for Miss Baker because Gatsby pulls her aside to speak alone.
So far, this book seems to be rather dry and kinda boring. Maybe it is just me. I have not seen very much plot progression and that makes me wonder what Fitzgerald's strategy was. However, I am learning a lot about characters and how they will relate to one another later on in the story. Really, there is nothing going on other than Nick giving his accounts about his experiences with his neighbors and cousins.
I think I can see similarities between Nick and Mr. Gatsby. I feel that they have very similar personality traits. For one, Nick and Gatsby have no wife and are the quiet loner types. Secondly, I think that despite him being so wealthy, Gatsby is a down to earth person, unlike Tom, Daisy, and Jordan. I will see if I am correct in my analysis.
"The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home" (Fitzgerald, 55).
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