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Pretty people doing not pretty things

The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by K. Woodman-Maynard

July 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr12bingo The Roaring 20’s The Roaring 20’s probably would not be the Roaring 20’s if not for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I am not going to go all English Lit on you and say the meaning of the story but will tell you it is about several 20-to 30-something rich, spoiled, brats (editorial comment) and their boredom. You can say that our narrator is unreliable, judgmental, the whole works. Or not. But in the end, what it is all about is people […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Aya Morton, cbr12bingo, Class Differences, classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fred Fordham, friendship, K. Woodman-Maynard, Long Island (N.Y.), Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:237 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Aya Morton, cbr12bingo, Class Differences, classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fred Fordham, friendship, K. Woodman-Maynard, Long Island (N.Y.), Social Themes ·
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