Personal Review

The Great Gatsby has to be one of my favorite books that we have read for English class. I was not looking forward to reading this novel because it seemed like such a typical, and cliché love story. As I began reading, the plot was dry, but one thing intrigued me, the mysteriousness of the Great Gatsby.  The syntax and descriptions of Gatsby had me looking forward to reading the book, waiting to turn the pages as his past was revealed, and how all the characters were somehow connected. His appealing character somehow drew all the characters into his luxurious and mystifying life.

To me, the ending was the best part of the novel, it was the zenith. The twist of the plot created an element that can be related to by all audiences reading this book: the lesson of falling short of a dream. This stood out to me the most, because not all stories should have a happy ending; Fitzgerald’s realism yet emotional retelling shows his sense of being a hopeless romantic. Readers, and myself, had high hopes of Gatsby attaining his dream and being with Daisy, but the ending was so emotional and heart wrenching. My expectations for this novel were not very high, but as soon as I finished the story, I found myself wanting to reread it to catch some of the details I had missed out on. Fitzgerald delivers a heart rendering novel of the Lost Generation’s lost hope. This book is a celebrated and well known story because not only does Fitzgerald create many twists and turns, but he catches the attention of the readers. His effective writing through syntax contributes to the tone and style of the story thus making him ingenious. Not only did he have perfect and endearing descriptions for all the characters, he also had the right details and imagery to set the scene of the story. Reading the book was not like reading the usual boring text with no pictures, it was as if seeing a movie in my head.