Monday, April 27, 2009

The Great Gatsby versus Stuart Little.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, is much better than E. B. White's Stuart little. Even though I have yet to finish The Great Gatsby I am much more intrigued than I was as I read Stuart Little. The characters are more developed and round while Stuart Little seems like 1950's child version of Ratatouille the 2007 animated film. There lies the problem, when my sister and I were little, say ages 8 and 6 we received Stuart Little for Christmas from Auntie Kate. She lives in New York and always gave us the best books purchuased from a used book store near the New York Public Library. The books always had a New York city theme to them but, that's not important infact none of that is but anyways, she read it to us one visit when Rae and I were sent there. It didn't live up my expectations when I read it last week. It's so simple and the font is so large. The story was so short yet went on forever in away that is better read to small children night upon night. The Great Gatsby also placed in New York is older litterally and figuratively? I mean 1920's and meant for an older crowd. It's now easier to connect to it. Believe or not there is cheating in relationships in highschool and all around otherwise. I guess you may not see it but,yeah.. it's there. People screw up in very adult ways starting early. Those things may have existed but, the kid that read Stuart Little didn't have to think about that. That's the changing ways I've accepted and today The Great Gatsby is simply more fitting.

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