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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.” Carelessness. It comes up all the time in this novel. I think the cultural context of the...
“Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.” When I first read The Great Gatsby a few years ago, I thought that Fitzgerald had somehow failed with his narration technique. I had just read...
“One time he killed a man who found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil.” Jay Gatsby. The man who came from nowhere. The man who stands...
Hi everyone! welcome to our First Book of Summer, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. I am incredibly excited to be running discussions on this book, and today’s topic I especially enjoy: the...
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” -The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
Ah, the humble love triangle. The mainstay of young adult writers, the bane of many a plain, boring teenage girl as she contemplates the two hilariously good-looking boys staring down at her. It’s...
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit” said someone once, and I sincerely hope they said it sarcastically. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a hero fan. Not many people are. Our...
(My numbering goes “1,2,3,5,5,7,8,9.” I will no longer be numbering posts. I also apologise for my lengthy hiatus over the exam period). So. You’re starting off a new story, it’s exciting and thrilling but...
Ah. The love interest. The humble boy or girl standing on the sidelines of your sci-fi/fantasy story, waiting to be taken into the arms of your protagonist. It will be romantic, it will be...
(Boys, don’t feel like you have to sit this one out!) Teenage girls get a lot of stick. Anything marketed towards teenage girls, or that teenage girls like a lot, tends to get labelled...
