The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past (180).

When I realized that The Great Gatsby was a love triangle, I figured I would not like this book because it would end the same way that all of them end. It would be another repetitive, boy-likes-girl situation with a twist. As a reader, I try to steer away from those types of books because the plot line seems redundant. There is not much action to keep my attention; however, since it is for school, I tried to read it with an open mind. Each book does give some new insight even I find it almost insignificant. It astounded me that marriages were not taken seriously. They flouted them by cheating. Call me old fashioned but I am not a big fan. It showed the flaws of the American system in the 1920s. It reminds me that almost a hundred years later, Americans still have trouble with a monogamous relationship. I found that the same problems ring true today as they did back then. Gossip and cheating run rampant, yet the way we handle the situation changed. For example, Daisy knew that her husband had another woman and ignored it to the best of her ability. Nowadays, I find that people are more confrontational about cheating. Many people are more likely to divorce than to work out the situation. Although Tom and Daisy Buchannan had their share of problems, they dealt with them, and for that, I give them the respect that they deserve.