10 Reasons Why The Great Gatsby Should be Read by all Students

"I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction. But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness." (1.152)

Through all the years, stories like The Great Gatsby show up in everyday life and will continue to have the same general idea.

"Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily. "

"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before." (5.118-119)

Every time you read the Great Gatsby you can find something new. The first time you read it you see the shell of the book, but the second time you are able to see all of the substance around and in the book.

In the Great Gatsby the "American Dream" fails many times. In the 20's all people wanted was to have as much money as possible. The American dream is that the harder you work the better off you will become and anyone can go from poor to rich as long as you work hard and have a good education.

In The Great Gatsby it is said the Jay Gatsby makes his money illegally. The biggest theory is that Gatsby got his money from bootlegging.

The Great Gatsby is a great example of the 20's before the stock market crashed. Everybody was into partying and having a good time not caring about the money spent.

The wording in the Great Gatsby written By Scot Fitzgerald is so very well put together. one of his most famous lines is " there are no second acts in American lives"

It is amazing how a writer can write a book with every Character a miserable human being and not one likeable character.

In everyday life you see shallowness. " you need this" "buy this" "you cant live without this"