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I enjoy reading the Great Gatsby as well. Fitzgerald has a way of keeping my attention in the same way that Hemingway does. The novel is filled with emotion, symbolism, and unexpected twists and turns. I agree that Fitzgerald, "was able to say so much, while actually saying very little." Like you, I can learn a lot from these great writers. I struggle with being too wordy and also with being vague in my presentation of material. I believe the more you understand and connect with what you are trying to say, the less you actually have to write because you can explain your ideas and thoughts much more efficiently; I feel that I become too wordy when I try to write about a topic that I am not familiar with. I feel sure that if we learn to incorporate
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Journal Response #2 The book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is by far, one of the best book I’ve read. Even though I have only read two third of the book, it’s been very interesting and emotional. As I read the book what amazes me is Gatsby’s love for Daisy. He did almost everything to get her, he only wanted her and I could tell he was serious about love.

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The most important part of chapter one is when Daisy talks about her cynicism and says “God, I’m sophisticated!” Daisy’s words lead Nick to think “…as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged.” This is important because it foreshadows the significant role social positions and sophistication will have on the story. Chapter one also introduces important themes in the book. The juxtaposition of West Egg and East Egg highlights the stark contrast between the social positions of its inhabitants; Tom and Daisy on one side and Gatsby on the other.

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This passage is from chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, when Nick Carraway, the narrator, is in the passenger seat if a car driven by Jordan Baker. Nick originally met Jordan through his cousin Daisy when he moved to New York and they quickly were set up by Daisy. However, as of now, they are just friends. In the first sentence Nick clearly reveals that he has feelings for Jordan when he says he thought he loved her. Nick calls himself “slow- thinking” and says he is “full of interior rules that act as brakes on [his] desires.”

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By reading the novel, from the first till the ninth chapter we learn a lot of things about Gatsby, not only that he was in love with Daisy. In the first chapter, we do not get too much information about Gatsby, and we do not properly meet him until chapter three. Where the author gets invited at one of the big parties of Gatsby. After Gatsby meets Nick he likes him and he invites him on his boat the next day.

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