Comprehension Notes
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s custom of revising and rewriting made the production of the book’s schedule rushed; his spelling was strange; he had difficulty with geography and arithmetic; he depended on Maxwell Perkins to proofread his work; he was also in Italy while the novel was being edited and printed, days before airmail.
Fitzgerald had a lot of errors in his book, both external and internal errors.
Age of Daisy’s daughter has been corrected from three years to two years.
Fitzgerald was an impressionistic realist---not a reportorial or documentary realist.
There are two types of geographies in this story, fictional and nonfictional. (Long Island vs. New York.
If this writer states that Fitzgerald had a lot of errors in his …show more content…
When Fitzgerald quotes about the experiences he observes, he mentions about how extravagant and beautiful everything but still stating that society is dark and mysterious because of their ways and how he states " 'Gatsby believed in the green light, the organs the future...'"(Bruccoli 192).
3. Reasons
I disagree with the article because I thought that The Great Gatsby was fine just the way it is . Even though it may have some factual, external and internal errors, those errors make the book it is today. Many people love this book and look past its imperfections and see the beauty and true meaning hidden in the context of the book.
4. Interesting Quotes
“ ‘Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering.’ …”Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future…’ ”(Bruccoli …show more content…
They hide themselves from society and tend not to show their true selves.The darkening streets to me represent humanity’s dark secrets and how people hide in the shadows, waiting to attack someone at their weakest moment. Also, the green light in this quote symbolizes society’s dreams and how they seem impossible to reach. This quote also represents a topic seen in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is the corruption of the American Dream. It connects to this because it shows how society will always try to achieve their dreams, even if it means that have to “play dirty” and use others in order to achieve their life-long dream. The American Dream is to be wealthy and many people will take advantage of others for their own selfish
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s custom of revising and rewriting made the production of the book’s schedule rushed; his spelling was strange; he had difficulty with geography and arithmetic; he depended on Maxwell Perkins to proofread his work; he was also in Italy while the novel was being edited and printed, days before airmail.
Fitzgerald had a lot of errors in his book, both external and internal errors.
Age of Daisy’s daughter has been corrected from three years to two years.
Fitzgerald was an impressionistic realist---not a reportorial or documentary realist.
There are two types of geographies in this story, fictional and nonfictional. (Long Island vs. New York.
If this writer states that Fitzgerald had a lot of errors in his …show more content…
When Fitzgerald quotes about the experiences he observes, he mentions about how extravagant and beautiful everything but still stating that society is dark and mysterious because of their ways and how he states " 'Gatsby believed in the green light, the organs the future...'"(Bruccoli 192).
3. Reasons
I disagree with the article because I thought that The Great Gatsby was fine just the way it is . Even though it may have some factual, external and internal errors, those errors make the book it is today. Many people love this book and look past its imperfections and see the beauty and true meaning hidden in the context of the book.
4. Interesting Quotes
“ ‘Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering.’ …”Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future…’ ”(Bruccoli …show more content…
They hide themselves from society and tend not to show their true selves.The darkening streets to me represent humanity’s dark secrets and how people hide in the shadows, waiting to attack someone at their weakest moment. Also, the green light in this quote symbolizes society’s dreams and how they seem impossible to reach. This quote also represents a topic seen in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is the corruption of the American Dream. It connects to this because it shows how society will always try to achieve their dreams, even if it means that have to “play dirty” and use others in order to achieve their life-long dream. The American Dream is to be wealthy and many people will take advantage of others for their own selfish