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The first wave of internet users went online to “meet” or talk to strangers. The next wave(s) went online to talk to their friends.

Very good so far! One fact I’ll remember for a while: women are almost always the leaders of “linguistic change”. Meaning they pick up on, adopt, create, and spread new ways of speaking far more than men.

Oh Gatsby, smh

“Your wife doesn’t love you” Gatsby said. “She never loved you. She loves me”

Ooooooooh snap!

Ha! Gatsby you pathetic fool, get it together bro! Totally forgot about the chapter where he sees Daisy again. Separate but related, it finally occurred to me that Gatsby must’ve been an inspiration for the character of Don Draper—at least a little bit. They both have an inherent charm and charisma but also a veneer of confidence that from time to time gets chipped, exposing them to the core.

Lol I love this so much. So many quotable lines and Fitzgerald writes all these rich people with such ease and a mixture of skepticism and romance. You can tell he’s a part of that world and loves it but is also perceptive enough to know how ridiculous they are too. Love it

Jay Gatsby, you old sport! I love this guy.

Oh I think I’m gonna love this! Read it in high school and didn’t see the big deal but now I can sense this time will be different. Fitzgerald is very skilled.

Almost done. Quite a page turner

Very fun to read and think about. Should have gotten to this years ago.

Somewhat confused by the Death of Hector because it starts with Hector running away and being chased by Achilles! And he does this right in front of the city walls where everyone can see? I mean he regains his courage eventually but I’m very surprised Homer included this cowardly part. Wouldn’t the audience think less of Hector? I sure do! Maybe it’s supposed to humanize him? Idk, kind of disappointing.

Great chapter: Achilles Fights the River. That would be cool to see on film

Almost done

It’s pretty refreshing to get chapters that aren’t battle scenes. I’m getting a little tired of those. Some of those battle chapters are reminiscent of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne just keeps listing fish for entire pages!) which is a very bad thing. This chapter was really good though. Achilles mourning Patroclus and Thetis getting Hephaestus to make new armor for Achilles. Cool!

The differences in the movie Troy keep stacking up lol. Patroclus has just been killed and it’s way way different than in the Troy movie. And I kinda like why they do in the movie tbh. They pump up the drama. In the Iliad his death feels more like the fulfillment of a prophecy.

Interesting that Homer will just tell you what’s going to happen in the next several chapters or even just give you the fate of the characters well before it’s going to happen. This already happened early in the tale but Hector’s fate is reiterated once more. I guess the idea of suspense wasn’t invented yet.