Publisher's Synopsis
I-"The Great Gatsby" ka-F. Scott Fitzgerald ime njengetshe eliyigugu elicwazimulayo emibhalweni yaseMelika, ithwebula ukuwohloka nokudumala Kweminyaka Yamashumi amabili Ngobuhle obungenakuqhathaniswa. Imiswa ngokumelene nengemuva elikhazimulayo lase-Long Island, eNew York, inoveli ka-Fitzgerald ihlanganisa indaba yothando olungenakuphikwa, amaphupho ashabalele, kanye nokuphishekela Iphupho LaseMelika elingatholakali kalula.
Indaba ilandiswa nguNick Carraway, insizwa yaseMidwest ezithola ihehwa emhlabeni omnandi womakhelwane wayo ongaqondakali noyindida, uJay Gatsby. U-Gatsby, usozigidi owazakhela udumo nothanda imicimbi ewubukhazikhazi kanye nenkathi edlule engabazekayo, uba umuntu ongaqondakali, ohlanganisa kokubili ukuyenga nobuze be-American Dream.
Ingqikithi yokulandisa ukuthatheka kuka-Gatsby noDaisy Buchanan, umzala ka-Nick kanye nokubonakaliswa kwengcebo, ubuhle, nobunkimbinkimbi obungafinyeleleki. Ukuphishekela kukaGatsby ngokungaphezi uDaisy, manje oshade nesicebi kodwa ozidlayo uTom Buchanan, kuba ukuhlola okudabukisayo kothando, ukuhlukana komphakathi, kanye nokungabi nalutho okuvame ukuhambisana nempumelelo yezinto ezibonakalayo.
Iphrozi kaFitzgerald iyi-symphony yobuhle nokuwohloka, njengoba ependa isithombe se-Jazz Age, lapho okweqile nobukhazikhazi bufihla ukuwohloka kokuziphatha okucashile. Uphawu oluyingqophamlando lwenoveli, kusukela ekukhanyeni okuluhlaza ekugcineni kwedokodo likaDaisy kuya emehlweni kaDkt. T.J. I-Eckleburg esondela phezu kweSigodi Somlotha, yengeza izingqimba zokujula endabeni, imema abafundi ukuba baveze izingqikithi ezijulile ngaphansi kwendawo.
Njengoba indaba iqhubeka, le noveli iba ukuphawula okudabukisayo ngokungabi nalutho kwe-American Dream kanye nemiphumela eyonakalisayo yengcebo emphefumulweni womuntu. Abalingiswa, kusukela ku-Gatsby edabukisayo kuya ku-Nick odumele, bafanekisela ukuhlakazeka komphakathi kwenkathi edakwe ukuchuma kodwa behlushwa umuzwa wokunganeliseki.
"I-Great Gatsby" idlula ukulungiselelwa kwayo kwesikhashana, inikeze abafundi ukuhlola okungaphelelwa isikhathi kokuyinkimbinkimbi yemvelo yomuntu, ubuthakathaka bamaphupho, nokuhamba kwesikhathi okungenakulinganiswa. Ubuciko bokulandisa kukaFitzgerald, kuhlanganiswe nemifanekiso evusa amadlingozi yenoveli nezindikimba ezinomsindo ngokujulile, kuqinisekisa isimo sayo esihlala njalo njengencwadi yakudala yaseMelika-indaba ehehayo eqhubeka nokuheha futhi ikhathaze abafundi ngobuhle bayo obudabukisayo.
