The Great Gatsby

While reading The Great Gatsby I used the annotating style of text-to-world(learn what the book teaches). So what mostly did was create an index and glossary and then within the text I summarized passages so that when I went back through the book it would be easier for me. I actually thought that this annotating style was good for me while reading The Great Gatsby because there were quite a few words that I did not understand. Then there were some facts that needed background knowledge to really understand. As for the book I didn't really enjoy the book as the other ones because I just couldn't get into it: I guess it didn't catch my interest. It was very slow moving and I prefer books that move at a faster pace. To me the book seemed to have no point. What stuck me the most is how the women acted. During that time in history I didn't know that women spoke to men as they were equal to them. I thought that they were more just stayed in the house take care of everything but in the book the women were more outspoken and they had servants to do all the house work. The characters were all very odd in an interesting way. Life was a lot different back then. Nick Carraway is a very quiet man who tended to keep to himself. Although he did tend to keep to himself he got himself mixed up in the drama. In the first chapter he says that he is a very open minded person so he is extremely easy person to trust. He can get people to tell him secrets: which is why I think that him and Jay Gatsby got along. Jay Gatsby just seems to be the opposite of Nick. He throws wonderful parties every weekend with many famous people that attend. There are many rumors that go around about him(secrets to tell Nick). He does this to find the woman that he loves: Daisy Buchanan who is married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby will do anything to get Daisy back. Tom Buchanan is a very powerful man physically. He is rich and is cheating on his wife. Jordan Baker is Nick's lover in this story. I think that I find her character the most interesting because of how strong of a woman she is and that she plays golf and is famous for it. She speaks as if she is equal to men and doesn't care about what people think. Daisy Buchanan is a woman that cheats on her husband with a man that is has loved ever since they had parted. What I find very odd is the way of life that this story portrays. Everyone is cheating on their spouse and everyone drinks all the time. It just seems that no one has any morals during this time in America.