Literary Reflections

If I could bring one person to college (from the books that we’ve read) I would have to bring Jay Gatsby from the book The Great Gatsby. He would be my roommate. I would choose him because he was a smart man with a lot of class…and lots of money. He knew how to be a man of mystery and held parties for a large amount of people. These parties were legendary, people from all over the country flew to his house to go to these parties. If he was my roommate, not only would he be a valuable partner for a social life but he also had connections in many aspects of his life. The book described him and his house to be huge and him to be someone who no one really knew much about. It described that he liked to keep things on a “need to know” basis meaning that the only people that knew anything about him were his close friends and business partners. He would be so valuable as a roommate because of all the perks and connections that he has from all his businesses.

All these great qualities were happening before he was obsessing over a local woman (Daisy). His obsession with her really turned him into someone that wouldn't be a very good person to be hanging around with. The Gatsby that i would want as my roommate would be the Gatsby that never even met Daisy.