So this book started out very boring and very confusing for me. Actually all throughout the book there were parts that i didnt understand but once i got into it i could hardly stop. The book kept going with more and more action that kept you on your toes trying to keep track of what all was happening. I liked the character Nick because he seemed to be the only one that wasnt so snobby in the book along with Gatsby.
I thought it was confusing how that Gatsby lied about his life and in the end it didnt seem that he had that much to hide except the drug dealing. It seemed that Gatsby had a good life and was a good kid until he met up with Meyer Wolfshiem. It was interesting how that the author made the Doctor T.J Eckleburg advertisement eyes like a symbol for Gods all-seeing eyes.
Throughout the book I enjoyed a few sentences that seemed to have such a deep meaning but meanings that were too deep for me. Maybe you would know how to explain them to me? "Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window" and "So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight." To me the second sentence was just saying that we are always going on toward death no matter how hard we try to stop time or turn it back.
Gatsby was kind of a sad character because his wealth and parties didnt buy him any friends. He had parties at his house at which he hardly 3/4 of the guests and he tried to live the past over again with Daisy in which we all know that we cant do that. Gatsby had one true friend in the whole book, Nick. Nick was really the only one that took the time to understand Gatsby and to see beyond the rumors of the city people.
I think it was different seeing all the affairs going on through the men and women of the book. Most times we dont see these types of things put out so boldy but usually hinted at but not put out in plain words. This book made no confusion there and made sure we knew who was having an affair with who.
In the end this book had a love story, murder, and a sad story in it too. Enjoyable book but some parts were sketchy and some parts seemed to have no reason. In the beginning I felt the book was explaining things that led to nowhere.