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My book club's take on 'The Great Gatsby' totally flipped after we reread it 10 years later
Back in 2014, my group mostly rolled our eyes at Gatsby as a shallow rich guy story, but when we picked it again last month, everyone saw it as a tragedy about chasing an impossible past. The difference came from us being in our 30s now, with our own regrets and missed chances, so the green light and Daisy's porch hit way harder. Has anyone else had a book transform like that for them after enough time passed?
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kevin_roberts412mo ago
Hold up, wait. Daisy's choice? That's the part that got me the most. idk maybe it's just me but I always saw her as this trapped bird in a gilded cage, but after reading it again now in my 30s, it hit way different. I mean she literally had a kid with Tom and a whole life built there, and Gatsby was basically a stranger with a mansion who wanted her to say she never loved her husband. That's a lot to ask someone to just throw away on a maybe.
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