Review: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Great Gatsby is one of those keystone novels I use in my senior level AP Literature and Composition class. It is an excellent novel to use in a discussion of symbolism, historical context, point of view, the tragic hero, etc. And, more often that not, this is one of the assigned books the kids often like. I’ve had students return several years later to tell me Gatsby is still their favorite book of all time.

For myself, I did...