Monday, January 13, 2014

Suspense; The Great Gatsby

Does The Great Gatsby have effective suspense? Some might say yes, but I would say no. There's not much action to the book (for me, at least) as there is just sharing a lifestyle love story of Jay and Daisy. But instead of suspense, I think curiousity is what keeps you reading, not suspense. You get invested into this book and the tale of Jay Gatsby, but it's not really a cliffhanging, must-read-on type book. Fitzgerald uses one of the most basic human characteristics; curiousity. You feel you need to know what's next. So no, The Great Gatsby doesn't have "suspense", but using the human, curiousity-driven mind is just as effective, and twice as genius.

For those of you who have read this, do you feel the same way? And those of you who have not, do you think a cliffhanger and using curiousity are essentially the same technique?

1 comment:

  1. I tried reading this book a couple years ago and I think the fact that there wasn't any suspense was the reason I lost interest and didn't finish it. The movie was good though. Leo DiCaprio is cool.

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