F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby: Movie Review

2013 Articles, Jayce Ham, Movies

by Jessica Ham

The Great Gatsby has been my favorite book for years. It is beautiful and tragic and inspires you to experience life on a bigger scale. This book means the world to me so I was very nervous about seeing Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of it. I was worried it would be too flashy or the meaning of the book would get lost somehow. But, I was pleasantly surprised.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book Review

2013 Articles, Every Other Book, Jayce Ham

by Jessica Ham

The Great Gatsby is a book that almost every high school student has had to read. Most of the time students hate the books they are forced to read in school, but I can guarantee you that The Great Gatsby is not one of them. I read it my junior year of high school and although I knew nothing about it, the description sounded intriguing. I got a couple pages in and I was hooked.