THE GREAT GATSBY - Book Review #4

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


Dear Potential Readers,

The Great Gatsby is a good book but personally I didn't care for it. This book represented symbolism in many different ways. Two of the most common ways of symbolism is "The Valley of Ashes" and the "Eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg."


The Great Gatsby is an okay book about many different things and different situations. It shows how things can’t ever be the way they seem. It starts off with a Yale graduate named Nick Caraway moving to a town called West Egg. He knows that he is going to have a lot of things there, some good and some bad, but he has no idea in what’s really in for him.

Nick was fortunate enough to be able to live to this millionaire named Jay Gatsby. Little does he know, he just moved in next to his new best friend. It takes a little bit of time but they finally meet at a party thrown by Jay Gatsby himself. Jay Gatsby throws a lot of parties. Many people think that he throws great parties. They can last up until 3 am in the morning.

All Gatsby wants is to see a woman, Nick’s cousin named Daisy. The only problem is that Daisy is now married. Even though she is married, she’s still in love with Jay. She doesn’t tell her husband, but she does. What Daisy doesn’t know is that her husband has another girl that he has on the side.

This book is a boring book and really self-centered and has a lot of symbolism. It is not a book I would read again.

Thank you,
Vincent D’Antonio





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