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Secty t1_ixwaeuj wrote

I studied this book for sixth form too and honestly I was bored shitless. One of my classmates (who was held back a year) kept going on about the green light and whilst I appreciate the value of said green light.. it was not the be all and end all. Ultimately there are better books out there by the same author. Books that have not been done to death by students around the world. While I enjoyed reading the book for the sake of reading a book, I did not enjoy analysing or critiquing it in the style an A Level student need to.

Good luck.

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francisf0reverr OP t1_ixwbe1i wrote

Yeah I don't get the green light😭 money, fame, green eyed monster.... I think there's more important things you could look at.

Thank you!!

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Cooper-Willis t1_ixwed8o wrote

I guess it’s supposed to represent America. Daisy has old money, she’s the remaining aspect of English aristocracy that still held influence over America at the time, and Jay represented the rising meritocracy. Gatsby is an average Joe turned soldier turned millionaire, and it’s still not enough for Daisy to choose him. Gatsby, like America, was chasing after something they would never get; the glory of the jazz age was waning, and Gatsby endured all the superficial partying to retain the appearance that society wanted from him, yet the green light was always just out of his reach.

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woundedbearhair t1_ixwc8f8 wrote

My literature class in high school protested against reading this book because it was boring and we just didn’t connect to it. We watched the movie that was made with Redford instead since this was 20 years before the DiCaprio version. It’s really only as popular as it is because every GI in WW2 was given a copy to read and it’s been jammed down everyone’s throat.

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Cooper-Willis t1_ixwd1s1 wrote

Or maybe . . . Because it’s actually a really well written book?

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woundedbearhair t1_ixwfghq wrote

Uh maybe…just maybe that’s why it’s is a widely known book.

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