F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is So Great

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The Kind of Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" might be one of the most debated novels in American literature when it comes to it's importance and greatness. Most critics seem to either hate it or think it's the most magnificent piece of literature ever written; very few are somewhere in the middle. In my opinion "The Great Gatsby" is beautifully written, but its not a perfect as most critics say, it's filled with many symbols; with the American Dream being a common theme associated with it. In "Why Gatsby is so great" by Jay McInerney, he talks about the dialogue. While Kathryn Schulz in "Why I despise The Great Gatsby" believes the novel has many easy to read symbols. Yet the novel never actually reaches the American Dream, a theme that the novel is known for. …show more content…

Nick has many beautiful passages in the book, but the other characters have boring dialogue. One critic, Jay McInerney said "Complicated by the fact that Gatsby's dialogue is the most wooden and formulaic language in the book, presenting a striking contrast to the rich, aphoristic style of Nick Carraway's narration" (McInerney web). McInerney believes that Fitzgerald's writing is like a formula, it was planned out and polished in some parts but was very beautiful when it came to the narration. Gatsby's green light is memorable, it's was a symbol of hope to him; most people can figure this out one the first time reading the novel. The novel is full of symbolism from the first page. "The book is short, easy to read, full of low hanging symbols" (Schulz web). Kathryn Schulz makes it clear she is not a fan of Gatsby's and point s out many flaws in the books. "Precision-engineering his plot, chiefly, and putting in overtime at the symbol factory" (Schulz web). She believed Fitzgerald was trying to hard to incorporate the symbolism into his book, stripping them of any real beauty and

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