Today is my last day as the Beaufort Books intern. I’ve been here nearly 3 months and can now re-enter the pool of job applicants with the confidence of actually having work experience! No more scrounging through my high school experience to dredge up something that sounds productive and professional.
I’m going to close this brief venture into blogging the same way I began it: what are you reading?
I just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. While I was recently watching the second (third?) season of The Wire, a prison book group reads The Great Gatsby and one of the members has a monologue about Jay Gatsby that I knew was rich with foreshadowing and parallels that I wasn’t understanding because I hadn’t read the book. So, obviously, I had to read it.
The book wasn’t what I was expecting. It has a delicate mood and a calm, organized approach to the material that I found appealing, if underwhelming. It certainly lends some insight into D’Angelo Barksdale of The Wire, if nothing else.