The Great Gatsby

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by Sunsetvirgo on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 and has 16 replies.

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Rereading the book and rewatched the book. And the feels came all the way back.

Daisy and Tom are toxic, and perfect for each other.

Gatsby, my man ? . So naive and hopelessly in love with a delusional vision of someone from his past, sacrificing himself all for her.

Fave scene

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My heart hurt for Gatsby.

Everything he did for her. Everything. All for the delusional illusion of what/who he thought she was.

His love, blood sweat and tears, all in vain.

The scene where he gets shot, and the scenes that follow always get me.

If he was an actual person, this book may have never been written, and we would never know the truth.

He was always reaching for that green light. The epitome of life; so close yet so far away.

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Posted by yupvirgoo
Posted by Sunsetvirgo
My heart hurt for Gatsby.

Everything he did for her. Everything. All for the delusional illusion of what/who he thought she was.

His love, blood sweat and tears, all in vain.

The scene where he gets shot, and the scenes that follow always get me.

If he was an actual person, this book may have never been written, and we would never know the truth.

He was always reaching for that green light. The epitome of life; so close yet so far away.

It's your Leo venus giving you all the feels.

I think Gatsby's got Leo venus.

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?? I'm a hopeless romantic

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Posted by Sunsetvirgo
My heart hurt for Gatsby.

Everything he did for her. Everything. All for the delusional illusion of what/who he thought she was.

His love, blood sweat and tears, all in vain.

The scene where he gets shot, and the scenes that follow always get me.

If he was an actual person, this book may have never been written, and we would never know the truth.

He was always reaching for that green light. The epitome of life; so close yet so far away.

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I think is quite common to blame Daisy. Yes, she is a superficial woman who values material things and comfort over love, despite this misleads Gatsby making him think she feels the same, and ends abandoning the man who truly loves her for the stability of her current fake life. But I really think Daisy thought she loved Gatsby, she can't help being superficial. I blame her for not protecting gatsby and not being clear, but she never asked him to do everything for her.

People tend to think "poor Gatsby" (I thought that too when I first read the book), but he held onto a love story without any grounding, he was delusional. She was clearly a fake woman, he didn't want to accept it. Gatsby was really obsessive.

I felt sad for Nick.

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Posted by TaurusinTexas
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Have you seen Z: The Beginning of Everything?

'Splains where Fitzgerald got his inspiration for this book. I watched the series the other day and it totally reminded me of The Great Gatsby.

Me too! I thought, there are some very clear parallels here.

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Exactly. The movie is still fresh in my mind from seeing it a few months ago, and it's like wooow. Zelda is Daisy and Scott is Gatsby for sure.

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Posted by Blackburn
Posted by Sunsetvirgo
My heart hurt for Gatsby.

Everything he did for her. Everything. All for the delusional illusion of what/who he thought she was.

His love, blood sweat and tears, all in vain.

The scene where he gets shot, and the scenes that follow always get me.

If he was an actual person, this book may have never been written, and we would never know the truth.

He was always reaching for that green light. The epitome of life; so close yet so far away.

----

I think is quite common to blame Daisy. Yes, she is a superficial woman who values material things and comfort over love, despite this misleads Gatsby making him think she feels the same, and ends abandoning the man who truly loves her for the stability of her current fake life. But I really think Daisy thought she loved Gatsby, she can't help being superficial. I blame her for not protecting gatsby and not being clear, but she never asked him to do everything for her.

People tend to think "poor Gatsby" (I thought that too when I first read the book), but he held onto a love story without any grounding, he was delusional. She was clearly a fake woman, he didn't want to accept it. Gatsby was really obsessive.

I felt sad for Nick.

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I didn't feel sorry for Gatsby at all, tbh. He's a dude living in delusion and fantasy. One that died off and he clung on to from ages ago when things COULD have happened. But years went by, she got married, and he wanted to pretend that life was exactly how it was previously.

However, given his tall tales, it's no shocker he lived in fantasy like he did. That's where he preferred to live.

Daisy was throwing up flaky red flags left and right.

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Posted by rockyroadicecream
Posted by Blackburn
Posted by Sunsetvirgo
My heart hurt for Gatsby.

Everything he did for her. Everything. All for the delusional illusion of what/who he thought she was.

His love, blood sweat and tears, all in vain.

The scene where he gets shot, and the scenes that follow always get me.

If he was an actual person, this book may have never been written, and we would never know the truth.

He was always reaching for that green light. The epitome of life; so close yet so far away.

----

I think is quite common to blame Daisy. Yes, she is a superficial woman who values material things and comfort over love, despite this misleads Gatsby making him think she feels the same, and ends abandoning the man who truly loves her for the stability of her current fake life. But I really think Daisy thought she loved Gatsby, she can't help being superficial. I blame her for not protecting gatsby and not being clear, but she never asked him to do everything for her.

People tend to think "poor Gatsby" (I thought that too when I first read the book), but he held onto a love story without any grounding, he was delusional. She was clearly a fake woman, he didn't want to accept it. Gatsby was really obsessive.

I felt sad for Nick.

I didn't feel sorry for Gatsby at all, tbh. He's a dude living in delusion and fantasy. One that died off and he clung on to from ages ago when things COULD have happened. But years went by, she got married, and he wanted to pretend that life was exactly how it was previously.

However, given his tall tales, it's no shocker he lived in fantasy like he did. That's where he preferred to live.

Daisy was throwing up flaky red flags left and right.

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Yes!

However I think if sb was like this to me I would've been truthful to him and reject him politely (or not) at least face him, not feed his fantasies.