I decided I should get some reading into my life, since I don't want to talk like a complete idiot when it comes to conversations with people other than my friends. I also needed something to occupy my mind and keep me from worrying about my own troubles. So I picked up The Great Gatsby and got my reading on. Little did I know that this book would probably make me a tad bit more depressed than real life alone...fail. So what do I do, I watch the movie version... even bigger fail.
For most of you that don't know, "The Great Gastby" is a very depressing story about a man (Gastby) who fell madly in love with the character Daisy. They were together for sometime, he went off to war, and Daisy was tired of waiting so she marries some rich dude. Gatsby comes back, she is gone, so in attempt to get her back, he spends 5 years doing some crooked work to make money fast, get a beautiful home, and move across a lake from her, to win her love of course. So he throws all of these crazy parties to see if one day she would appear. Epic failllllll!!! because Daisy never shows up. So the narrator of the story, Nick, is telling us all of this depressing shenanigans, and gets mixed up in Gastby's story because he is actually the bait to bring Daisy in, since he's known her for years. He brings them together, they have an affair, while all along Daisy's man had his little shiz on the side. But then one day everything goes wrong because Daisy's husband caught on, he kicks her out, Daisy is with Gatsby in his car driving and BAM! coincidentally runs over the woman who is having the affair with her husband and kills her! Eventually Daisy's husband tells his mistress's husband it was Gatsby rather that admitting it was his wife driving. Daisy and her man get back together, the mistress husband kills Gatsby and himself out of revenge and pity for himself, and no one goes to Gatsby's funeral. The irony is that Gatsby's house was always full of people with his parties, and yet no one was there to pay their respects, not even the selfish Daisy.
So in conclusion, Gastby is dead, Daisy is back with her wealthy man, and apparently the narrator Nick was the only one that felt pity for the "head over heals in love" Gatsby.
All in all, despite its depressing antics, the novel is loaded with magnificent symbolism that does make you have a depth on the realness of Gatsby's loneliness, Daisy's selfishness and wealthiness, and also helps you reflect back on your own life, while Dr. T.J. Eckleburg watches over you in the valley of the ashes where all dreams come to wake up and die. The book shows a great deal of realisim. That even with all of the decked out parties and wealth, you have nothing, because you use materials to fill in the spot for love, and when we find love, we freak the fuck out. Oh American Idealism!
Thanks Mr. Fitzgerald!
So much for reading to make me feel better.... ughhhh FML
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