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| 04 Jan 2016 09:26 PM |
...im sorry but what was all the hype over this book?? it sucks i cannot get through it i've been using sparknotes it's dreadful ugh |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:27 PM |
Only well known because it was banned.
IhateMcCramer's alternate. |
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gunspo
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:27 PM |
| WATCHING THE MOVIE WITH TOBEY SPIDERMAN |
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Super64
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:27 PM |
i'm going to have to read it soon
im tired |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:28 PM |
my class just finished it and its not exactly bad but its just kinda ok. There's a ton of details which i think is why so many people like it. that attributes to how many symbols there are in the book. like there are A LOT of symbols its insane idk how to keep track
but eh its an ok book i guess |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:28 PM |
| the book was meh but the movie was amazing literally the movie was so great i loved the movie literally leonardo is amazing how didn't he win a thing idk |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:28 PM |
"Only well known because it was banned."
why lol
"i'm going to have to read it soon"
i hate it everyone else in my class seems to be enjoying it i think its the writing style tbh it's almost poetic and i do not care for poetry |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:30 PM |
"my class just finished it and its not exactly bad but its just kinda ok. There's a ton of details which i think is why so many people like it. that attributes to how many symbols there are in the book. like there are A LOT of symbols its insane idk how to keep track
but eh its an ok book i guess"
i dont like the amount of detail, its too much for me and the symbols its overdone
"the book was meh but the movie was amazing literally the movie was so great i loved the movie literally leonardo is amazing how didn't he win a thing idk"
i havent seen the movie yet but we're watching it and having a gatsby themed party to go along so im excited for that |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:30 PM |
omg we had a party to we got to dress up in 1920's clothes
i think that's why i liked it so much is cause there was a lot of stuff that you can do to go along with the book |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:31 PM |
dig
we did the same thing in german about 2 weeks or so ago
except it was just for fun, and to take stress off of upcoming finals
twas great, all i had to wear was a nametag because my character had no distinguishing features :)
im tired |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:32 PM |
| the book gave me a literal migraine reading bc my teacher was a libturd who wanted to show us all the liberal philosophy in it |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:32 PM |
i like the part where the kid falls out the window
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:33 PM |
| something about the american dream |
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| 04 Jan 2016 09:37 PM |
| Keep in mind who the intended audience probably was, and also when it was written. I mean, TS Elliot is a very famous and beloved poet, but I'm not making heads or tails of his stuff trying to read it. So I just chalk it up to it not really being my kind of thing and move on. |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:05 PM |
| i wish we could have done a choice novel because this book is going to be so hard to get through. its a good thing its so short |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:08 PM |
| it tells how cheating is the only way to get ahead in life |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:09 PM |
rlly great gatsby is like my favorite book ever
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:09 PM |
| It's certainly a book that needs to be excavated a bit to be interesting. You need to be able to read between the lines and notice the symbols and allusions throughout the book. |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:09 PM |
| it's honestly not bad. i read it Sophomore year and i understood most of it and the violence towards the end is dope. |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:10 PM |
gatsby dies
are you at that part yet? |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:11 PM |
"and the violence towards the end is dope."
um what its not really violent thats like saying romeo and juliet is a bloodbath
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:11 PM |
the movie was garbage why would you juxtapose dubstep into a film about taking place in the 1920s a time that was already richly populated with it's own music
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:12 PM |
Daisy is Alice Cullen Jay is Jaba the Hutt Nick is YGBF aka Your G@y Best Friend
I skimmed through it, it was okay for a story but nothing very interesting. Although mr/ms moderator on this thread made a fair point. |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:12 PM |
"um what its not really violent thats like saying romeo and juliet is a bloodbath" yep, running someone over with a car and getting shot in the chest as a result is definitely not violent, nope no way no how |
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| 04 Jan 2016 10:13 PM |
"the movie was garbage why would you juxtapose dubstep into a film about taking place in the 1920s a time that was already richly populated with it's own music"
tbh i dont think old timey music would have fit with baz luhrmann's sharp, fast direction style
it didnt really work in the mia farrow snorefest why would it work for baz's??????????????????????
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