What I enjoyed from the class discussion on Tuesday, was when Keaton brought up the idea that everything in the book was all coincidence, and Keaton asked if Fitzgerald just wanted to write a book just to write a book, not to get a point across. At first, if you didn't go into depth about the book, you might not think that he wrote it to make out a specific point, but once you discuss it, you find out it is almost impossible to have the type of connections found throughout the book, and any book for that matter, with out them meaning to be there. The connection with the glasses that is found twice in the book is one example of how the author must have planned it out a little, and it wasn't just luck that two places a God figure was needed, just happened to have glasses.
I enjoyed this conversation because it was a different way of looking at how authors write. Before I had never really thought about how most authors write to get a point across. I always thought that theyh might have a character that they like and want to build a story off of, and the plot just goes from there, but I learned that it is most times the other way around.
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Abbey Mac.
I would definitely have to agree with you on tuesday's class discussion. I really like how you linked the discussion to the actual novel. I agree with eevrything you said and after reading your blog it helps me further understand the discussion. Abbs you are one smart girl.
Thats very interesting that your classs took on that apsect of the book. on that day we discussed how Gatsby was living in the past throughout the whole time even up until the day he died. I always thought to that writers just made up stories with characters without even thinking about the significance in their writing.
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