{"id":1396003,"date":"2016-12-31T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1396003"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:31:15","slug":"blogging-the-great-gatsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging <i>The Great Gatsby<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ELODIES1STBGG_LargeWide-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1449302\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some things we simply have to do, like assigned reading, taxes, and dying. I can&#8217;t do anything about two of those, but the first one? I can&#8217;t really do anything about that, either. What I CAN do is read&nbsp;<em>The Great Gatsby&nbsp;<\/em>and have thoughts about it. If memory serves (I read it once, long ago in the days of yore), then these are the thoughts I&#8217;ll be having:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cGatsby, chill. For the love of God.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cHow is nobody trying to murder Tom Buchanan every minute of every day?\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIf&nbsp;<em>you<\/em>&nbsp;represent the American Dream and&nbsp;<em>I<\/em>&nbsp;represent the American Dream, then WHO&#8217;S DRIVING THE CAR?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be a good time. Come on. Take a journey with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-1-the-one-where-nick-is-a-robot-just-learning-to-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-2-the-one-where-nick-maybe-made-out-with-a-dude-its-never-mentioned-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-3-the-one-where-gatsby-meets-nick-calls-him-old-sport-five-times-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 3<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-4-the-one-where-nick-is-the-most-reluctant-wingman-of-all-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-5-the-one-where-nick-third-wheels-his-way-to-greatness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 5<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-6-the-one-where-i-wish-tom-was-narrating-this-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-7-the-one-where-pretty-much-everything-happens-all-at-once\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 7<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-8-the-one-where-our-favorite-fledgling-romantic-goes-to-the-great-sin-wagon-in-the-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-great-gatsby-part-9-the-one-where-this-disastrous-sex-party-reaches-its-inevitable-conclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 9<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And, of course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/gatsby\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Great Gatsby&nbsp;<\/em>SparkNote<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GUESS WHAT? We&#8217;ve also&nbsp;blogged&nbsp;<em>The Scarlet Letter<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>1984<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Lord of the Flies<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Odyssey<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Catcher in the Rye<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hamlet<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Crucible.<\/em>&nbsp;Find&nbsp;every&nbsp;<em>Blogging the Classics<\/em>&nbsp;post&nbsp;<a href=\"\/blog\/blogging-the-classics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some things we simply have to do, like assigned reading, taxes, and dying. I can&#8217;t do anything about two of those, but the first one? 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