The Great Gatsby (my opinion so far)

So far in the book The Great Gatsby, I have only read chapters one and two and it has a lot of details. This book contains thorough details of everything. In the first chapters, he describes himself and and he explains why he is the way he is. He describes himself to have "inclined to reserve all judgments" on others, His father taught him these ways when he was younger. That is why he is who he is in the book as he is older. What I love that Fitzgerald did in this book was described everything with an image that you could see for yourself. When you read the book you can catch yourself imagining how each house looks or how each character dressed acted. In the book he describes each character with great value. He also describes the area he lived in with great depth. Fitzgerald describes each home with an imagine you could build it yourself. Here are some main characters that are mentioned so far in only chapters one and two, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, and George Wilson. He describes Tom Buchanan as "sturdy, straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shinning, arrogant eyes had established and dominance over his face, and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward ... you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage-a cruel body"with this much description you can imagine this figure and you can build the presence of him in your mind. He described Daisy Buchanan at first when he met her again was "sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth" He does not clearly write a descriptive view of her. But when I read of this description, I immediately thought of someone I knew with that description I would describe her with. Not her physical traits but her personality traits made me think of her as a perfect "Daisy". Nick describes Jordan Baker as "a slender, small-breasted girl with an erect carriage" this gives you an image of a very petite girl. Nick describes Myrtle Wilson when he first sees her as "thickish figure of a woman...middle thirties, faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some woman can...contained no facet or glean of beauty" this gave me an idea of the newer version of "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" the mother of Augustus Gloop. George Wilson was described as "was blonde, spiritless man, anaemic and faintly handsome.. light blue eyes" This kind of reminded me of an average Ken doll, just less smiley. So far the book has been quiet interesting. Im excited to read more of the book and I am planning up update my blog with the chapters I'm required to read. So, until then.