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Was Jay Gatsby the bad guy???

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    I think it's pretty much accepted that Gatsby is not a good person.

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    Emblem of the Gilded Age etc

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      Just finished up a fourth read of the book, second viewing of the newer movie, and third play-through of the NES game.

      It's really starting to seem like "Jay Gatsby" wasn't actually such a great guy after all. This would honestly be weird because none of F. Scott Fitzgerald's other books are sarcastically named, he isn't like Charles Dickens that way. Even in Tales of the Jazz Age, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is pretty curious, even if there isn't a lot of jazz in that one.

      Anyway Gatsby stalked his ex and probably shouldn't have encouraged drunk driving.

      What do you think, sarcastic book title? Was he actually bad and not so great?

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      “Great” meaning “very large”, not “very good”.

      Gatsby turned himself into a larger than life character.

      That is what I think the title is trying to get at.

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      • O [email protected]

        Just finished up a fourth read of the book, second viewing of the newer movie, and third play-through of the NES game.

        It's really starting to seem like "Jay Gatsby" wasn't actually such a great guy after all. This would honestly be weird because none of F. Scott Fitzgerald's other books are sarcastically named, he isn't like Charles Dickens that way. Even in Tales of the Jazz Age, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is pretty curious, even if there isn't a lot of jazz in that one.

        Anyway Gatsby stalked his ex and probably shouldn't have encouraged drunk driving.

        What do you think, sarcastic book title? Was he actually bad and not so great?

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        Wait until you realize that Nick was a piece of shit himself.

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        • sanctus@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

          Remember when he was side piecin' and that chick that was driving his car hit someone and they just left them there? Yeah

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          doesn't that seem like something someone bad would do

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            Emblem of the Gilded Age etc

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            'Woo!' - the US government.

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            • apeman42@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

              You are great man, but this does not mean you are great guy.

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              Thanks, Satan.

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                https://www.greatgatsbygame.com/

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                Haha is this some kind of weird ROM hack? I’m even more confused now 😅

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                  Just finished up a fourth read of the book, second viewing of the newer movie, and third play-through of the NES game.

                  It's really starting to seem like "Jay Gatsby" wasn't actually such a great guy after all. This would honestly be weird because none of F. Scott Fitzgerald's other books are sarcastically named, he isn't like Charles Dickens that way. Even in Tales of the Jazz Age, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is pretty curious, even if there isn't a lot of jazz in that one.

                  Anyway Gatsby stalked his ex and probably shouldn't have encouraged drunk driving.

                  What do you think, sarcastic book title? Was he actually bad and not so great?

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                  I love how every comment is taking this question dead seriously.

                  But you might be onto something, old sport

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                    I love how every comment is taking this question dead seriously.

                    But you might be onto something, old sport

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                    i'm preparing myself to believe each person here is a sock puppet account for the genuine David Belasco

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                    • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccS [email protected]

                      Haha is this some kind of weird ROM hack? I’m even more confused now 😅

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                      almost all of the best novels have Nintendo games

                      Romance of the Three Kingdoms has like 6 NES games

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