Great Gatsby
Josh Williams
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Mr. Williams
ENG4U
June 6th, 2013
Dear Ms. Hartill Rollercoasters! You may be asking yourself why I started off with the word rollercoasters, and I will tell you but first I want to say that reading The Great Gatsby has been a very eye opening experience for me. I didn’t expect many things to happen the way they did. This book to me was sort of a mystery novel. One minute people are having a wonderful time at a party and the next conversations are brought up about killing and death. It is almost as if this book was intended to make you think and feel differently in every chapter, in every page, and most definitely towards every character. Rollercoasters are my metaphor for this book. The rollercoaster symbolizes the ups and the downs, the different emotions that arrive when reading as well as how quickly a story can change. Not only did greatly enjoy reading this book but I had so many questions and feelings towards everything that happened from start to finish. I guess that is why the educational system continuously teaches the book year after year. Not only does it test your reading strength, but it tests your mental and physical ability as well. While reading the novel I had the chance to realize from the first 78 pages that Nick Carraway is a very “keep to himself” kind of man. What I mean by that is how in chapter 1 he tells us that he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Since he keeps to himself these secrets are rarely ever exposed, this has allowed Gatsby to trust in him. While reading I noticed that Nick never took charge in any situation, he always seemed to just comment on what was happening. It is as if he were a bystander to many situations that are illegal. In page one his father says ‘whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.’ In the
33086951057
Mr. Williams
ENG4U
June 6th, 2013
Dear Ms. Hartill Rollercoasters! You may be asking yourself why I started off with the word rollercoasters, and I will tell you but first I want to say that reading The Great Gatsby has been a very eye opening experience for me. I didn’t expect many things to happen the way they did. This book to me was sort of a mystery novel. One minute people are having a wonderful time at a party and the next conversations are brought up about killing and death. It is almost as if this book was intended to make you think and feel differently in every chapter, in every page, and most definitely towards every character. Rollercoasters are my metaphor for this book. The rollercoaster symbolizes the ups and the downs, the different emotions that arrive when reading as well as how quickly a story can change. Not only did greatly enjoy reading this book but I had so many questions and feelings towards everything that happened from start to finish. I guess that is why the educational system continuously teaches the book year after year. Not only does it test your reading strength, but it tests your mental and physical ability as well. While reading the novel I had the chance to realize from the first 78 pages that Nick Carraway is a very “keep to himself” kind of man. What I mean by that is how in chapter 1 he tells us that he is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Since he keeps to himself these secrets are rarely ever exposed, this has allowed Gatsby to trust in him. While reading I noticed that Nick never took charge in any situation, he always seemed to just comment on what was happening. It is as if he were a bystander to many situations that are illegal. In page one his father says ‘whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.’ In the