[YuriTokoro]

Originally Posted by koolk

Hey,

Let me explain a few items. There are multiple ways to understand his writings.

The Great Gatsby does use a lot of conversational speech, but this is early 20th century narrative. The language is more formal and long sentences are common from Fitzgerald. The book is excellent and made for students around 14-21 yrs old in advanced english classes. The book does not use difficult words, but it uses a lot of similes and symbolisms. Fitzgerald is not direct when he conveys his message, which is the difficult part.

i.e.
Curious Natures = "interesting things"

I didn’t see this at all.

The adjective curious is something Nick is eager to learn about. Natures is referring to the wilderness; trees, mountains, rivers. This is a simile. Nick does not literally learn about interesting places. Nick says interesting things open up to him. He learns about interesting things (could reference places, people, secrets, gossip, etc).

I didn’t think Nick was interested in listening to gossip or secrets of other people.

Abnormal mind

In these few sentences, he called most of the people he met as either
1. Boring
2. Has interesting information
3. Abnormal

I thought that Nick didn’t like the people he mentioned.
I didn’t understand that he was interested in listening to some of them.

Most Asians are smart. (50-99% of Asians)
The Asians are smart. (50-99% of Asians)
Asians are smart (50-99% of Asians)

Do you mean these three have the same meaning?

Did you want books in the early 20th Century? Or books in the same grade level? Or books that explain the story of The Great Gatsby?

I want some books that analyze the sentences of The Great Gatsby. If any.

Thank you for your kind explanation!