Because some people take this book really, really seriously. There are two ways to read The Great Gatsby. The first is as a (...)
Because some people take this book really, seriously. There are two ways to read The Great Gatsby. The first is as a tome of idolization, filled with extravagance to be coveted and characters to be concerned for. The second is as a cautionary hyperbole to giving the slightest of craps regarding the vapid comings and goings of the uber rich and famous--even those depicted in The Great Gatsby itself. If you read the book the second way, you pity the parts of society that read it the first way. You laugh when Baz Luhrmann exposes that universe as gaudy and The New Yorker throws a monocled hissy fit, and you shed a tear for your beloved high school English teacher who carries around a well-worn paperback at all times, every word of which has been underlined during a never-ending loop of rereading.Read Full Story