
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Chopping Block

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chopping block,
dark humor,
life,
nietzsche,
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Hans Christian Anderson
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![]() ![]() F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is Published (1925)Considered to be Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby is a devastating critique of the American Dream and materialism at the height of the Roaring Twenties. It is the story of a bootlegger, Jay Gatsby, whose obsessive dream of wealth and lost love is destroyed by a corrupt reality. Today used as required reading in many high schools, the book has been cited as the paragon of the Great American Novel. Why did Fitzgerald dislike the title, and what did he want to call his novel? More... Discuss |
4 comments:
Breathing prolongs the torments of man. Hope gives us a reason to endure them.
Should I know that one? :) I kinda like it. Where'd you get it?
My comment? It came from my head. It was my reaction to the Nietzsche.
Ah,ok...well I like it! :)
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