I haven't watched the video yet, but unless I'm misreading the title, there is an error here. Jay Gatsby didn't drink. He probably did in the movie versions of the novel, but in the actual novel, we never see him drunk. Fitzgerald was a lush, but not Jay Gastby.
The Great Gatsby is the one novel almost every high school or college student reads. Because it's short. Hardly anyone has read Moby Dick. It's a great novel, but the average person won't get through it, and most high school teachers, unless they are idiots, realize it is better suited for a select college crowd. So I'd go with Gatsby or Mockingbird as GAN, and due to the flaws in Mockingbird, Gatsby wins.
Nothing sums up the current gen than two nobodies taking shots at F Scott. "He's a good writer but ..." ... "when I write my great American novel". Shut up and go away.
I haven't watched the video yet, but unless I'm misreading the title, there is an error here. Jay Gatsby didn't drink. He probably did in the movie versions of the novel, but in the actual novel, we never see him drunk. Fitzgerald was a lush, but not Jay Gastby.
If someone asked me what the great American novel was, I’d either say “To Kill a Mockingbird” or “Moby Dick”.
What’s the point of this comment?
The Great Gatsby is the one novel almost every high school or college student reads. Because it's short. Hardly anyone has read Moby Dick. It's a great novel, but the average person won't get through it, and most high school teachers, unless they are idiots, realize it is better suited for a select college crowd. So I'd go with Gatsby or Mockingbird as GAN, and due to the flaws in Mockingbird, Gatsby wins.
Nothing sums up the current gen than two nobodies taking shots at F Scott. "He's a good writer but ..." ... "when I write my great American novel". Shut up and go away.