The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Classics) の感想

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It was a novel that was much shorter than I expected. When I read it undigested 2 to 30 years ago, I thought it was a huge work, but now I have the impression that it is a very clean style novel.
I think the American dream was the idea that anyone has the chance to build wealth and fame from nakedness, and that the American land makes it possible. There seems to be an image that the United States is a country that aims for freedom and equality, but no matter how much Gatsby made money and built wealth, the “world” that was not able to enter was distinct, and a distinct class It is a society. Being not born in a prestigious house means not connecting to which university, but a personal connection connected by belonging to a very closed and privileged club that only the rich son of fraternity can enter It means that you do n’t get the benefits of socializing. It was the difference in class that broke down the partner who fell in love with Gatsby, and that partner married a partner

時は禁酒法の施行された時代、最もファッショナブルでモダンな都市のニューヨークから20マイルのウエスト・エッグの豪邸で、毎夜大勢の人々を招いてパーティーを開くGatsbyのストーリーをNickの視点で描きます。Gatsbyがパーティーを開くその訳は、兵役から帰ったときには、すでにTomと結婚してしまっていた、かつての恋人Daisyに遭うためでした。
禁酒法を破って、すばやく裕福になる人々がたくさんいた時代。黄色の車に乗り、ピンクのスーツに身を包むGatsbyには、色々な噂が。
一方、GatsbyとDaisyの運命がすれ違います。シェークスピアの近代バージョンのような悲劇で切なくなります。

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