10 Reasons That YOU Should Read The Great Gatsby By Luke Szathmary

The Great Gatsby is a book that is full of hidden messages, beautiful language, as well as other small features. You can't just read the book once and get everything from it. It is a book that needs to be read many times to see many of the messages and understand fully the quotes that are scattered throughout the novel.

This book shelters some of the most extravagant quotes in history. One of many can be found on pages 88-89. "While the rain continued it had seemed like the murmur of their voices, rising and swelling, a little now and then with gusts of emotion. But in the new silence I felt that silence had fallen within the house too." This quote is just one of many riddled throughout the book.

On the very first page, the author starts with some of the best life lessons that there are to offer. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had." This quote shows us how the narrator has learned to respect all people due to not knowing what they have been through. Not only is this a good notion to live by for the narrator, but also a good way to think as a person outside of the book.

Not only does the book have an amazing intro, but it also has a stunning ending line. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." This line is one of the most widely remembered lines from The Great Gatsby simply because every word in the quote has meaning behind it. The figurative language that is used is simply astounding. This is possibly one of the best ending lines in the history of literature.

As the host of many parties, Gatsby presents himself as a generous man that loves all. Although some people believe it, some are suspicious of him. The way Gatsby is in private is far different than who he pretends to be.

Gatsby is a fairly wealthy individual, but he is not necessarily happy. He is using his wealth to win his long lost love back from her husband. He thinks that she will come back to him simply because he has money. He is terribly wrong.

Throughout the book, there are rich people who lead terrible lifestyles. Many of the wealthy do nothing to help others and are corrupt. There are also people like Gatsby who have a lot of money but waste it on one of the few things that are not to be bought. He wastes it on love, which ends up to be a grave mistake. Then there is Nick Carraway, the main character, who doesn't make a lot of money but is still happy and loving to those around him and does not cause fights.

During the course of the story, Gatsby is always trying to be something that he is not. He is always throwing parties and the like but it is not who he actually is. He is only trying to get back his past lover, but he goes about this by wearing different faces every day. This eventually leads to him being shot and killed. Whether this death was caused by his fake personality is unknown, but if he never was trying to win Daisy back, then he would never have run over Myrtle.

This book perfectly exemplifies the illusion that there is in fact "the american dream". Gatsby believes that he can do anything with money, but he is terribly mistaken after he dies from trying to buy his love of his life back. While money can buy many things, it cannot buy happiness or love, as Gatsby finds out far too late.

Not many people truly know what life was like 100 years ago since nearly everyone who lived in that time period is dead. There are many stereotypes about the early 1900's. The Great Gatsby dispels many of these stereotypes and shows what life was truly like back then. This will help students see what has changed since then and possibly help them understand other novels that were written based on or during that time period.