When I first tried reading this as a teenager I thought the narrator was insufferable, I thought he came off as pretentious and presumptuous with how much he presumes to know about people. But now reading this as an adult, I empathize more with Nick and feel like I can relate to him better. I love how the writing feels so immersive, I feel as if I can clearly picture what Nick is seeing and feeling. The way he describes and characterizes people remind me of people I know in real life and feels so relatable. It's like we all know a couple like Tom and Daisy. And maybe even someone like Jordan.
Suffice to say so much of the imagery of this book is timeless - the parties that Gatsby held, the green light at the end of the pier, Gatsby's body in the pool, the sad affair of only Nick and Gatsby's father attending his funeral. The latter scene made me choked up on first read and it still got me all this time later. I love the prose of this book and I really, really should try to read more of Fitzgerald's work because I sat down with the intention to start Gatsby, got sucked in and finished it over my lunch break.
The context of the book is timeless; the present-day world that still worships money and views it as a substitute for the American dream, the world that hinges on materialism. But there's nothing I can say here that hasn't already been touched on a hundred times.
I always forget how sad this book is and how badly I wish things could have worked out different for Gatsby. He himself is the embodiment of hope and determination, dead and alone without anyone to mourn him because the party is over.
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