Is it just me or is it a sad tale of a man who never felt he measured up. Regardless how rich he got he could not escape he grew up poor and feel that he is not accepted in the upper class. And he brings on the protaganist as a friend since they are of similar class originally. thoughts?
yes anon great gatsby is good. congrats on passing high school english
>>204700674>Is it just me orno that is everyone's interpretation
>Interrupts your story
>>204700726are there any stories of a guy actually having it made or at least being able to enjoy and feel at home in the luxury he’s gotten?
>>204700674Class complex is a hard challenge.
>>204700674It’s not just you, that’s exactly what the book is about. True blue blooded high society acceptance is what Daisy represents. He can’t ever really have her or it.
>>204700756>black people didn't exist in 1920s NYc'mon nowalso that whole part is meant to show decadent and absurd the city was>Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge,’ I thought; ‘anything at all. . . .’ Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder.
>>204701090and the Jay-Z?contemporary music does not belong in a period film
>>204701164i agree the music was out of place, but i can see why they did it - modern audiences wouldn't feel the exhilaration of 1920s jazz
>>204701164so read the book you fucking common-folk
>>204701001>got a gonnectionThey are evil. God made them ugly to warn you from suffering them to live, let alone slaving away for them. Gadsby's used by them as a frontman because he's good-looking. The husband the author's jealous of, who was a fan of the book The Rise of the Colored Races, was 100% right in his concern that whites needed to take measures to maintain our rule or become overwhelmed by brown hordes.
>>204701298common people don't read books dumbass
>>204701231>i agree the music was out of place, but i can see why they did it - modern audiences wouldn't feel the exhilaration of 1920s jazzwut
>>204701416The recording quality was shit. It sounds like it was cut on a portable cassette player. Hard to get fist pumping to this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR6_9oPUoTs
>>204701164The OP movie is from the 70s, that predates Jay-Z by some.
>>204701385No, they watch movies w/ Jay-Z soundtracks..
