Comments on: Scribe: 5.26.2009

By: T-L Pierson

T-L Pierson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:37:33 +0000

i also find it interesting to read the publisher’s afterward and note as well as the explanatory note and “text of The Great Gatsby” found at the end of the book. they offer unexpected insight to the book and Fitzgerald himself. they also explain the story behind the cover picture depicting the woman’s face above the “manhattan skyline”/coney island lights and how light is a recurring motif in the story.

By: gellan kashou

gellan kashou — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:26:33 +0000

@nadir bilici, it’s also cool how he has taken a very important time in American history and intertwined a love story in it. This makes the story all the more interesting. Tom is in love with Myrtlle, Daisy is letting her husband run free with his mistress, Mr. Wilson doesn’t know what’s going on. It’s all so captivating. Once again, Fitzgerald is able to do this as well as intertwine major morals and themes into the novel, like contrasting the life of the rich and life and the of the poor and expressing his ideas about both. The Great Gatsby truly is an exceptional piece of art.

By: nadir bilici

nadir bilici — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:45:57 +0000

@hayley bjorklund,

yeah, I agree with the liking of the book
I think its pretty funny how he juxtaposes Gatsby with everyone else: Gatsby is humble and all while everyone else throws out their lavishness

By: danielle broder

danielle broder — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:10:36 +0000

I really enjoyed looking at the Great Gatsby links that were posted on the website. I especially liked looking at the clothing from the 20s and the different styles.

By: Zach Glasser

Zach Glasser — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:12:42 +0000

@Dessouky, “some relative” named Francis Scott Key? as in the guy who wrote the star spangled banner?! come on…

By: hayley bjorklund

hayley bjorklund — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:05:20 +0000

so i have to see that the great gatsby is probably up there in my top 10 favorite books. i love the roaring 20’s and how it shows how Americans began to shift from their conservative ways. Fitzgerald does a great job of creating a barrier between each social class- The valley of ashes = poor, New york city= crowded, majority, middle class, and East and West Egg= the upper class (East= old money and West= “nouvea riche”)….and the story has an exciting ending!!! can’t wait until everyone else reads it!

By: Dessouky

Dessouky — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:45:32 +0000

so i looked up to see if the “F” in F. Scott Fitzgerald is actually his first name. he was apparently named after some relative named Francis Scott Key, and they just call him Scott. So i guess theres your answer.

By: KIRSTEN white

KIRSTEN white — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:33:54 +0000

i love great gatsby for its tribute to the 1920s and for using fictional stories and characters to expand on stereotypes of 20s culture in terms of the welthy and by displaying the social differences and gap in wealth during that time…
all the historical references as to john d. rockefeller and midas and the distant past, such as the civil war, helps to paint the story and make it more intriguing. im interested to learn more about tom’s indecent affair, nick’s plight against the richies, and how the mysterious “gatsby” ties it all in…