Blog 15: My overall opinion of the ENTIRE novel

    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a story of old, lost and unfulfilled love, and also of money and status in the roaring 1920's, was an enjoyable classic read. Although, agitated at most times of the book, because of characters and their actions, lessons, which can still apply present day, were noticed. Just like Lily Bart in The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton, the greedy desire for money presents itself as the only means to ultimate happiness. Still today, people seem to have the idea that money makes the world go 'round. Though, I don't side with this idea, I do back up the lessons of valuing every blessing one has, realizing that lost love may never be regained, and happiness is a choice. I believe the novel also encourages dreaming overboard and to the extent, thinking like a child, being unrealistic, and just seeing what happens. "...his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city," (Fitzgerald,180).. Gatsby doesn't feel as if anything is too far from his reach, or at least he will never come to terms with accepting that some things fly by. Overall, I envy Gatsby's playful naivety and ignorance, and enjoyed the many highlights of this novel.