Advanced English in The Great Gatsby

Running head: ADVANCED ENGLISH IN THE GREAT GATSBY
Advanced English in The Great Gatsby
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1ADVANCED ENGLISH
In the following essay, the central topic of discussion would be to highlight upon the
novel Great Gatsby and life lessons that could be learned from it. The reading of texts improve
the knowledge of students in a great manner, It has to be said that text books or novels always
deepens the knowledge gaining of human beings in a new level. The connection with texts is
indeed a very crucial for understanding and developing some soft skills within students. The
developments in reading and writing are also achieved among students if they read out texts. The
Great Gatsby is one of the best novels in the twentieth century and I have gained some
knowledge by reading these novels properly.
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald which deals with a
group of characters living on the West Egg and East Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1925.
From reading the novel, I felt that for my transition to Senior English, certain skills are needed
that will not be helpful for the transition to Senior English but also will be helpful in work life
after school.
I feel that it is always important to be a very good reader and writer in order to make a
successful transition to Senior English. The more one can read a novel or books better, the better
one will have an understanding of the English language. This is not the only requirement
however for the successful transition into English. Other requirements for the transition includes
improving one’s reading and writing skills as having those skills itself will help a person a lot in
transitioning into Senior level English. As stated by Novita (2018), a good reading and writing
skills have several benefits. It will help the individual to be able to read novels that have more
complex meanings. The better an individual will be able to read and understand those meanings
by himself, the better he will be able to write complex English himself.

2ADVANCED ENGLISH
Senior English will also be able to help me in my studies. This is because as I will go on
to higher levels, the studies will be difficult and they would involve more complex readings and
writings. Since the studies will be getting more difficult, having a good knowledge of English
will be helpful as it will help in understanding the matter that the topic is trying to convey to the
readers. As stated by Jancucowicz (2018), another important benefit of better reading and writing
skills is it will help the students to get a good hold of the topic that he/she is studying in general.
Similarly, The Boat and other Short Stories is a collection of stories by the author that a deal
with the theme of war and death in the country. The book offers a new perspective of the
aftermath of the Vietnam War in the country. The novel presents a combination of countries
from Iran to South China Sea but the theme of Vietnam War plays an important role in two
stories of the book. This war is linked to the author’s political and personal history.
Senior English will also help me in my life after school because when I will join college,
I will be able to understand the subject matter that they present in the class if I decide to choose
English as my subject. This will also help me to not only write during my examinations but also
writing resumes for jobs after my college life is over. Senior English indeed has its benefits as
learning such English would not only help a student to pass his/her higher examinations easily
but also ensure that he/she can be successful in both college life and job life as well.
Reading and writing are two very crucial things that are needed to be cared for when I
have to approach higher classes in my English. Spelling and grammar are very significant in
order to gain a proper knowledge. The issues of reading and writing are very much suited to
children of school (Langan 2013). However, these things are the foundations for becoming a
good reader and writer. When I read the Great Gatsby, I understood that use of language and
rhetorical perceptions are very much there within the texts. This is why it has been a very