The Great Gatsby

Well first off, I defenitley think this is the best book of the ones we have read so far. I really enjoyed the plot, and I think that the book was entertaining. One of the things, I saw that made this book a good read were the uses of symbolism. F. Scott Fitzgerald compares many ideas in the book which keeps the plot interesting. I think one of the most noticable symbols was the picture on the cover. To, me it seems that the face behind the city is really mysterious, like she is hiding something. Many characters in the book have secrets from the past or present, and this is what the cover symbolizes.

One of the characters in the book who is hiding something is Daisy. She has to keep her relationship with Gatsby a secret from her husband and even her own child! She has to lie to keep her secret, but I think in a way when Gatsby dies, Daisy and Tom become closer. The main character in the book, Gatsby, also has many secrets. He is trying to win Daisy back, and he has to keep his past a secret. His parties were a way of accomplishing both of these things. If everyone knows this nice rich man who likes to entertain people, why would they have a reason to suspect anything about him? But Gatsby's plan back fired, and many people began to suspect something was different about Gatsby.

There are a couple of themes in this story, but the one that really stuck out to me, was that everyone should get a second chance, but not everyone does. When Gatsby dies and his dad comes to visit him, his dad says "Jimmy was bound to get ahead." His dad knew that, and I think that Nick did too. Gatsby was one of those people who did not get a second chance. Daisy did not give it to him and neither did Wilson. Another theme I noticed was that money is not worthy of the place it gets in some people's lives. Fosr instance, Gatsby spent all of his life after he met Dan Cody trying to become wealthy. In the end this did not get him anything besides a big house.