Why is the great gatsby so great?

DUDE AMERICAN DREAM IS A LIE LMAO

>>9602465
But is it tho?

>>9602461
It's not. The book got big because of a gubbermint contract putting "war editions" with soldiers in the trenches, anon.

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Cuz Tom Buchanan speaks the truth about the niggers and the lower races.

>>9602461
He's great the same way Barnum was great.

I think Tender is the Night is his best book.Gatsby has sharp clean prose, but that's about all. TITN is full of beautiful poetics from start to finish

>>9602477
Is there anything more embarrassing than someone who goes out of their way to defend American policemen?

>>9602522

Why do you hate cops anon?

>>9602465
Gatsby isn't about the "American Dream," it's about nostalgia.

>>9602477
go back there

>>9602519
I agree TITN is his best work, although I would argue Gatsby has some beautiful poetics as well.

Anyway, despite the rampant contrarianism on here, Fitzgerald was a great writer with a wonderful command of the English language. Gatsby is also structured efficiently and is a perfect length - hence its ongoing use in high schools. Although nearly a century later the commentary on materialism/American dream/nostalgia might seem trite - Fitzgerald nevertheless hit the nail on the head and has been aped for decades now by other artists

>>9602567
at first I shrugged and thought whatever, sure, but now I'm actually wonder how it is about nostalgia at all. explain yourself faggot

>>9602592
Not him, but perhaps the fact Gatsby is trying to recreate that golden period he had with Daisy before the war plays into this.

Tries and fails that is - like Nick says "You can't repeat the past" and Gatsby goes "Why of course you can" and ends up cucked and shot dead for his troubles

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>>9602461
beautiful prose
tragic characters
a sense of nostalgia (parties, women, small talks with friends) and a sense of impending tragedy (the presence of the automobile)

So we beat off, cocks against the
current,
bare back, ceaselessly into my ass