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putting these four components together, it’s easy to make it a book but, it’s not exactly a walk in the park (although a good number of authors have done this to let their mind wander) to make a good book.
However, Fitzgerald’s literary skills have reached its golden peak in this very book. I sometimes wonder whether I’m enjoying the book or whether I’m just drooling over the fact that he writes with such flow, such elegance and such richness that it would not be a surprise if it got a few nods from the kings and queens of other countries (it probably did).
The story takes us to the prosperous aristocratic area of West Egg. In the eyes of Yale graduate and World War I veteran, Nick Carraway. His neighbor, the charming, the wonderful, the great Jay Gatsby throws the most explosive of parties (which is most opportune, seeing that the book is set in the Roaring Twenties). Yet, with his piles and piles of cash, his car, his mansion and his parties comes a darker side (as we all yearn to see) of his life. Secrets and scandal that unfolds beautifully in the book.
After the first chapter, I would be amazed that the book has already spun you around and smashed you into pieces of pulp (if you seriously feel nothing, listen to the audiobook and prepare to feel your ears burst with amazement and intrigue). I will say no more. Read it Hear it. Anything, just don’t watch the movie yet!
Politics
North Korea's Proposition
It has been about a little over month since the first of many many threats to America. The threat of a Nuclear War and the promise of insecurity.
Indeed, North Korea has been a spiraling rocket (only one that hasn’t quite blasted off yet, despite the attempts it made to a launch a rocket). It has raised the eyebrows of some officials in America as well as the rest of the world. Some were skeptical, others were more cautious. Perhaps for me, what I found most shocking was North Korea’s prompt suggestion to close down all the embassies in the country because soon enough, they won’t be able to guarantee “security”.
Yet, think about it. There were a lot of things that the country has promised itself to do. Look at that majestic hotel that never finished (it’s been boiling over for the past decade) and now here they are, rambling and raving to start a Nuclear War?
Sure, parliamentary discussions in the country has made Nuclear Testing it’s top priority and I have to admit, Kim Jong-Un’s rather aggressive impression he is giving in the international stage is rather intimidating but, who is to say this is all just some temper tantrum in a massive scale? (Then again, tantrums and aggressive behavior was what aided the beginning of war)