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Scott Fitzgerald my junior year. Since then, it has become my favorite book. I fell in love with Fitzgerald’s writing style, and how he did not succumb to the idea that characters have to have redeemable qualities about them. Although the characters in the novel are not typically “good” people, you can learn something from each of them. Gatsby’s everlasting hope teaches readers the importance to never let go of your dreams, and in an opposite way, Nick’s realist personality brings people back to the ground and illustrates the idea that having everything does not mean you are happy, and having little does not mean you are unhappy. The Buchanans and all of their hardships and dysfunctional tendencies reveal the ups and downs life possesses, and how sometimes the down can outweigh the up. The story is unique and emotional, and is at the top of the list of my favorite