![]() I think that the cover reveals almost everything we need to know about the tone, the fate of the characters, and the major theme of this book. Thus, one focused way of unlocking some of the keys of The Great Gatsby is to reflect on the symbolic meanings of the images of its iconic book cover ( see the lead photo of this article and below).Īs the theme of our book club and this site is, “A Classic Book Keeps Speaking to Us Long After It is Written, “I started off of our discussion with a look at how Gatsby’s book jacket, by the Spanish artist Francis Cugat still speaks to us. But in the case of this book, you might ask if you can judge the greatness of its cover by the book it helped to inspire. It has often been said that you can’t judge the greatness of a book by its cover. Each time I have approached this book, I have discovered new insights into its characters, themes, writing style, dialogue, cultural context, and textual history. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Classic. I felt this was fortunate, as I have a keen interest in this book and have either previously participated in or led many groups considering F. A powerful snowstorm in January 2018 permitted me the opportunity, as the Coordinator of the Classic Book Club near Richmond, VA, to re-schedule our discussion of The Great Gatsby to January 4, 2019.
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