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Reactions to The Great Gatsby

When was the book published?

April 10, 1925

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How many copies were sold?

50,000 copies

were sold in 35

years. New York Times. April 1960

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Was the book true?

No, but it was

based on

true events

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Who was the book's audience?

People of that time who didn't

like prohibition and who

liked reading back in the day. Not for

younger people.

Do people like the book?

Not when it was first

published,

but now it is very

popular.

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What were the reactions to the book when it was published?

In the book Fitzgerald points out all the moral concerns of that time that people

didn't pay attention to. Many people only cared about their lifestyle and

individual concerns, doing whatever they could to get

ahead.

Many problems were elite ism, unfaithfulness,

being a bootlegger, and political

problems. The reactions to the book were bad since Fitzgerald

pointed out the way everyone actually lived their lives.

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What is the reaction to the book today?

The book has become very popular especially this year with a new movie

being made, a musical version just

being released, and a line of Great Gatsby

makeup being

worked on. The book has become often referred to as

an "American Classic."

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Why are the reactions different from then to

now? Since the book is about the American dream, it was

relative when it was released and is still relative to us

today because the American dream is what we, as

Americans, have always been about. It's what we believe in. But Fitzgerald showed the negative side

that no one ever acknowledges. When it was

released it received bad reactions because people didn't want to accept the dark side of the American

dream but today people see it as something to relate to

instead of something to deny.

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Why is the book famous?

The setting of the novel contributed

greatly to its popularity following

it's early release, but the book did

not receive widespread

attention until Fitzgerald's death

in 1940, when republishings in 1945 and 1953 quickly found a

wide readership.

Today the book is widely regarded

as a "Great American Novel"

and a literary classic. The

Modern Library named it the second best

English- language novel of the 20th

century.

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Bibliography

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New York Times. April 1960<http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/24/specials/fitzgerald-

gatsby60.html>

Wikipedia.org. Aug. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby#B

ooks>

Green, Amy. "The Critical Reception of The Great Gatsby." Salem Press. Sept. 2009. <http://sale press.com/Store/samples/criticalinsights/gatsbyreception.htm>

"The Great Gatsby in the 21st Century." aug. 2012. <http://www.cbc.ca/books/2012/08/the-great-gatsby-in-the-21st-century.html>

Patch staff. Aug. 2012 <south.patch.com/articles/library-read-great-gatsby-with-the-rest-of-Putnam>

wikipedia.org Aug. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The-Great-

Gatsby>