The Great Gatsby
I had heard about this book thousands of times, but I had never even seen the cover and now here I was ready to read it.
As I opened the book and started reading the first page I was thinking “How can this be considered a classic”? It was one of the worst beginnings to a book I had ever experienced but then a magical thing happened.
After I forced myself to finish the first chapter I actually begun to enjoy the book and devoured it in 2 weeks. Each page was even better than the one before and it left me with the desire of living in those times.
The book was so special not just because of its great description of events but also because of the valuable lessons it teaches you as the book progresses. It teaches you about determination, justice, love and I could list thousands of other small teachings but it would get boring.
I have always been someone who enjoys watching movies more than reading a book but here it has been the first time it was the opposite. I committed the great crime of watching the movie with 10 pages to go and there is nothing that I regret more than that. The image I had created of Gatsby in my mind completely changed for that of Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Great Gatsby has taught me how to appreciate what I have and not take anything for granted because in a blink of an eye it can disappear and it will be lost forever. No matter how much money you have money will never give you the most important thing in live… Happiness.
Gatsby was considered one of the wealthiest men in America but when all of his guests left his parties he was also the loneliest among them all. All of his money was useless if he didn’t have the love of his life “Daisy”. This is such an important lesson to learn and that many people take for granted and don’t actually understand the importance of it until it’s to late.
The way Jay Gatsby changes as the book progresses should serve as an example of what life is actually about and how we shouldn’t live for money but for our happiness. It is better to be poor and happy than being rich and sad.
I had heard about this book thousands of times, but I had never even seen the cover and now here I was ready to read it.
As I opened the book and started reading the first page I was thinking “How can this be considered a classic”? It was one of the worst beginnings to a book I had ever experienced but then a magical thing happened.
After I forced myself to finish the first chapter I actually begun to enjoy the book and devoured it in 2 weeks. Each page was even better than the one before and it left me with the desire of living in those times.
The book was so special not just because of its great description of events but also because of the valuable lessons it teaches you as the book progresses. It teaches you about determination, justice, love and I could list thousands of other small teachings but it would get boring.
I have always been someone who enjoys watching movies more than reading a book but here it has been the first time it was the opposite. I committed the great crime of watching the movie with 10 pages to go and there is nothing that I regret more than that. The image I had created of Gatsby in my mind completely changed for that of Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Great Gatsby has taught me how to appreciate what I have and not take anything for granted because in a blink of an eye it can disappear and it will be lost forever. No matter how much money you have money will never give you the most important thing in live… Happiness.
Gatsby was considered one of the wealthiest men in America but when all of his guests left his parties he was also the loneliest among them all. All of his money was useless if he didn’t have the love of his life “Daisy”. This is such an important lesson to learn and that many people take for granted and don’t actually understand the importance of it until it’s to late.
The way Jay Gatsby changes as the book progresses should serve as an example of what life is actually about and how we shouldn’t live for money but for our happiness. It is better to be poor and happy than being rich and sad.