Thursday, September 4, 2008
Class Discussion
Our last class discussion was about the three types of reading and what each type yielded in the Great Gatsby. Even though I do not think that the second two types of reading are good because I find it hard to believe that Fitzgerald meant to put all of these hidden meanings into the book, I still thought thtat the discussion was good. The second and third levels of reading were about symbols and connections in the book and i thought the second level was the most interesting. I think that all of the symbols in the Great Gatsby can closely correlate with real life. This is because in a lot of cases symbols are there whether they are meant to be or not. I found the argument that the symbols in the book were on purpose because there were only four of them, instead of trying to find symbols throughout the book. This book is one of the strongest cases of purposefull symbolism that I have seen.
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I agree with you when you say "all of the symbols in the Great Gatsby can closely correlate with real life." This is true, because Ms. LaMadeleine pointed out that Nick (at the end of the book) said we are all reaching out for something and slowly but surely trying to strive for that "something." You brought up good points, which made me look at the class discussion differently.
Keaton I have to agree with you somewhat about how writers do not generally add in symbolism when they write. I think that people create symbols in books to relate the books to themselves. After all when people watch a movie they sometimes relate themselves to the main characters. I would have to agree and say that they do the same when reading a book.
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