8/16/10
Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby is a well written novel and is a good read. I found his type of writing somewhat confusing at times. The way he introduces characters is very unique. I have found that instead of learning right away who exactly they are and how they will effect the story, you must wait to find out more about them through the plot. Fitzgerald starts the book by describing the relationship between the main character and his father. He does not mention the main characters name until the third page. Although this was interesting to me, it made the first few pages harder to read because I was lost. If I were someone who needs to be sucked into the book right away, I would have set The Great Gatsby down and picked up something new. However, I am not one of those people and because I was reading the book for English class, it made much more sense to just keep reading. Fitzgerald does an excellent job with the time period used for this story. He uses the jazz period to help describe economic times and the way people are expected to act. Along with the time period, Scott goes above and beyond when describing the town and the houses surrounding the main character's.Fitzgerald's story of the main character Nick getting caught up in his cousin's marriage and the problems within it is like nothing I have ever read before. He is good at surprising his readers with a turn of events or new details about his characters. Granted, some small parts are boring, but aren't some parts of all books boring? Overall, Fitzgerald did a phenomenal job at keeping his readers on their toes and an even better job at leaving them satisfied with the end.
Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby is a well written novel and is a good read. I found his type of writing somewhat confusing at times. The way he introduces characters is very unique. I have found that instead of learning right away who exactly they are and how they will effect the story, you must wait to find out more about them through the plot. Fitzgerald starts the book by describing the relationship between the main character and his father. He does not mention the main characters name until the third page. Although this was interesting to me, it made the first few pages harder to read because I was lost. If I were someone who needs to be sucked into the book right away, I would have set The Great Gatsby down and picked up something new. However, I am not one of those people and because I was reading the book for English class, it made much more sense to just keep reading. Fitzgerald does an excellent job with the time period used for this story. He uses the jazz period to help describe economic times and the way people are expected to act. Along with the time period, Scott goes above and beyond when describing the town and the houses surrounding the main character's.Fitzgerald's story of the main character Nick getting caught up in his cousin's marriage and the problems within it is like nothing I have ever read before. He is good at surprising his readers with a turn of events or new details about his characters. Granted, some small parts are boring, but aren't some parts of all books boring? Overall, Fitzgerald did a phenomenal job at keeping his readers on their toes and an even better job at leaving them satisfied with the end.
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