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5th Year pupil Ciara Conaty shares with us her review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ciara recently finished the novel as part of her Leaving Cert. course. Read the full review here.
The Great Gatsby – Book Review
There are many boxes that a novel
has to tick in order to be considered a truly great novel, an enthralling plot,
sensuous description and absorbing characters to name but a few. The Great
Gatsby, for me, more than achieves this feat. In what is considered to be
one of the most amazing novels of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald
manages to create the perfect blend of enthralling plot twists, extravagant
events and stimulating characters. The book, as a whole, explores dreams and
the idea of pursuing your dreams but, on a more interesting level, also takes
an in depth look at human nature. Every
single character, although some try to give off an aura of perfection, has a
flaw or multiple flaws. This idea formulated by Fitzgerald of nobody's perfect
makes the novel and the events that take place within instantly more relatable
to the reader.