Our club's 'The Great Gatsby' meeting turned into a silent standoff

Last Thursday, we had a 45 minute debate about whether Daisy Buchanan was a victim or just selfish. Two members got so heated they stopped talking to each other. The weird part was the silence, just the sound of someone's dog barking in the background. It ended with someone finally saying, 'Can we at least agree the green light was a metaphor?' Has your group ever had a debate that just shut down?

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jakelee10d ago

That green light was a symbol, not a metaphor. Our group fell apart over whether Nick was a reliable narrator.

hayden_martin2910d ago

Remember my friend's book club? They had a full meltdown over whether the butler did it in some Agatha Christie book, kind of like @jakelee's Nick thing. That debate got so cold they just started passing the snacks in silence.