For this assignment I had to think long and hard about what book to choose. The problem is not that a book has never opened doors, but I think almost every book I read "blows my mind" a little bit. I think one of the most important ways of being a good reader is to approach every book with a mind that is ready to be changed and morphed. For example, I think this year I have been morphed tremendously by The Stranger and God of Small Things. I think for weeks after reading the The Stranger, I asked the importance of my goals and what they truely meant. After reading God of Small Things, I challenged societal rules and felt revived in my efforts to create political change. The difference between a good book and a great book is how much time the book truly stays within your conscious. I choose Gabsty because although its been a year since I've read it I think it still effects me as if I read it yesterday.
I'm pretty sure the greatest aspect of the Great Gabsty is essentailly Gabsty. Gabsty represents the American People and society. He is the unconditioned dreamer who took himself from nothing and became powerful. One of my favorite passages is how Gabsty becomes Gabsty. How he is just a poor boy looking for work and the idea that somone could "recreate themselves." I think that is so reminscent of what this country at its fullest potential gives. Despite the truth of the matter, we have a beleif that goals are assertainable. I think I also enjoy about Gabsty is how the pain of trying to reach those goals becomes. Gabsty is torrmented at the fact he has to watch Dasiy from across the bay with nothing more then a cigar for company. I think in that passage it shows the isolation and perhaps even selfishness within the American dream.
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