Researcher - The Great Gatsby

"I don't see how D.b could hate the Army and war and all so much and still like a phony like that. I mean, for instance, I don't see how he could like a phony book like that and still like that one by Ring Lardner, or that other one that he's so crazy about, The Great Gatsby. D.B got sore when I said that, and said I was too young and all too appreciate it, but i don't think so. I told him, I liked Ring Lardner and The Great Gatsby and all. I did, too. I was crazy about The Great Gatsby Old Gatsby. Old Sport. That killed me. Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."

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The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922 and is a critique of the American Dream. The novel chronicles the chaos of World War I, American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the "roaring" 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers and led to an increase in organized crime. Although Fitzgerald, like Nick Carraway in his novel, idolized the riches and glamor of the age, he was uncomfortable with the unrestrainedmaterialism and the lack of morality that went with it, a kind of decadence.

The information above was taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby

I selected this because it shows some connection that D.B and share with each other although D.B is much older then Holden is.

Therefore, I am posting this question to everyone, what kind of books do you like? Do you think your siblings ( if you have any) will someday enjoy it too? Why or Why not?