Great Gatsby Crituque
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered to be a classic of twentieth century literature by readers around the world, excluding myself. The novel is filled with a bland and boring tale of several shallow yuppies in New England. Jay Gatsby is the character that develops most through this novel, rivaled only by Mr. Wilson, who develops much in the same way.
The novel begins like any other, only quite a bit slower than any other to ever grace my eyes. Nick the shallow and innocent neighbor is nosey and overcurious about his wealthier neighbor, Jay Gatsby the party animal. When Gatsby takes his mind off of partying long enough to take a look around his lawn, he finally notices that there are people in the world other than himself and his dim-witted [future-killing machine] tramp across the water. He invites his shallow neighbor to one of his parties with all of the ritzy, shallow people that show up uninvited on a religious basis, only to give Nick a small enough taste of his background to stir questions. Then, Gatsby tricks Nick into helping him mack on his honey-bunny across the water...