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Title: Worth Another Read
Review: F. Scott Fitzgerald explores social dynamics in The Great Gatsby. It's worth tracking the character development time and time again in order to better understand inter-and-intra-personal dilemmas. Fickle Daisy, egotistical Tom, and detached Jay allow a close up view of people that are in reality much different from their superficial appearance. Reading The Great Gatsby has trained me to recognize facades, and penetrate them, to realize better relationships with people I might otherwise have misunderstood. Much is made of the colors in the book, the environs, and the historical context, but I've found the greatest value in trying to relate to characters whose actions and images are polar. A good test of whether or not you've penetrated the facade is if the characters' actions start to seem logical from their standpoint. It took a second read for me to get to that point.
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