Referring to the comment made by our teacher regarding Fitzgerald's cautious phraseology, today i will focus on the vocabulary used amongst the current section at hand. Fitzgerald seems to be writing in a way that almost lays the tracks for the readers train of thought. The novel is simply easy to read. "The bottle
of whisky--the second one--was now in constant demand byall present." Chpt. 2 pg. 35 last paragraph, single tab over, sentence one. This description is an example I pulled from the book its self, I feel it exemplifies my thoughts on the smoothness of the book. If you disagree. Bring it.
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ReplyDeleteI say that one sentence cannot be used to describe a book in any terms. To support my argument i present this excerpt from a book which for the sake of proving my point will remain nameless. "When a total eclipse of the sun occurred during a battle fought in ancient Mesopotamia, the armies were so frightened that they dropped all their weapons and made peace." If you can tell me what book or even what type of book that is from i will eat a (insert some random inedible object). To clarify, one sentence out of context can give a deceiving impression of a book.
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ReplyDeleteSo I ask you these questions; When you read the book do you feel like you're in 1922 or do the words Fitzgerald uses feel a little more modern? Also, are there any key words that keep turning up that could have a deeper meaning?