The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby and the human response It takes a great writer and a great book to make it onto USNews magazine’s Top 100 Books of All Time. Holding a close second to James Joyce’s Ulysses is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This novel features almost every raw human emotion imaginable: happiness, depression, anger, love, and jealousy. Fitzgerald’s creation is also very appealing to readers because it may or may not …

…at the beginning, this book reached a climax when it was found that Myrtle Wilson was hit. The novel gives readers a good idea of what it was like to live in the 1920s. It also teaches the reader that everyone has flaws, no matter how rich or socially advantaged. This novel should be on everyone’s reading list, and is recommended for readers who like classics, as well as any high school English class.