The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald (pg 6-16)

I find the first two pages of the Gatsby interesting. They give me the feeling of sitting in front of my grand parents listening to them recite a story of their past exploits. These two pages seem to represent a conversation leading up to a story or a conversation that ignites a spark of recognition in the story teller to bring up his story in the conversation. This conversation then leads to him actually telling the story which is like the rest of the book. From the start of the book I think it will be more fun to read than house of mirth.  Gatsby seams to be more like most other book I have read.  It seems to be more of a fun book and not so much of a literary wonder kind of book.  “To see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all” (Fitzgerald 11). This sounds like an oxymoron. If some one is an old friend that implies that you have known them awhile.  If you have known them awhile then you should know then.  This is sounded odd when I read it but know that I wrote this blog it seem to make more sense and seems to be feasible.