1984, the great gatsby or the catcher in the rye?

1984, it was written in 1948 and it's amazing how forward thinking george orwell (eric blair) was, scientifically and socially.

I vote for The Great Gatsby. Any of the three could make an impressive assignment, but this one would work the best, in my opinion. Cather in the Rye is an interesting book. I wrote a research paper on it in high school. If you want to invite the reader into the world of the novel, though, it wouldn't be my first choice. It's basically just angsty musings that probably wouldn't be a classic if not for the controversy it generated.

In the interest of full disclosure, I haven't read 1984.

Good luck!

1984 is definitely my favourite. I read The Great Gatsby in school and found it very boring. Catcher in the Rye is okay, but still not as good as 1984. I also think it would give you the most to work with as far as "visiting the world" of the novel, because George Orwell's vision of the future is like a whole new world. There would be a lot to write about.

It's hard to say, 1984 in my opinion was a good book while The Great Gatsby I did not like, yet The Great Gatsby is a good read for an English teacher because it has a lot of symbolism in it. 1984 has to do with a dystopian society and I think you should read it anyway. I read 1984 for my grade 11 English course and I read The Great Gatsby for my grade 12 English course.

1984 has the most complex socio-cultural themes, but The Great Gatsby is better artistically. Either one would be more impressive than The Catcher in the Rye.

Gatsby is a more precise literary work. While Catcher in the Rye was more known for the controversy in which it caused.

If you are trying to impress your english teacher, I would go with The Great Gatsby hands down.

The Catcher in the Rye is far to cliched to impress an english teacher.

I'm a librarian, I should know...

Well, if you really want to know about it, I'd suggest some more novels and stories by J. D. Salinger. Nine Stories is a collection of short stories, but it's really good. Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters, Franny and Zooey and Seymour an Introduction are all great. Perhaps some are a bit harder to read than The Catcher, but Nine Stories is not hard. Have fun. If you are interested in other authors, let me suggest Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. J.D. Salinger actually "appears" in the novel. Also, I think you would enjoy most of the novels by Tom Robbins although they are more sexually explicit than Salinger. My favorites are Another Roadside Attraction and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. My son much prefers Jitterbug Perfume. Whatever you choose to read, I hope you have a lot of fun with it or them.

1984 would be my first choice, and if you are looking for a world to write about it is perfect. The Great Gatsby would be my second choice.

Screw Catcher in the Rye. The only thing that book had insight into was how whiny and emo some teenagers can be.

If it can be any book though, I might suggest Dune by Frank Herbert. That is really a different world.

The Great Gatsby probably but it depends on what your teacher likes. Do they favour language over political/social reference?

The Great Gatsby is shorter and tons of people will do 1984 because it's easily classified as a different world (a future society)

Catcher in the Rye would be the most difficult because the "world" he lives in is really inside his own head...he sees the world differently and acts differently that people his age. So, because of it's difficulty, I'd suggest Catcher in the Rye, just make sure you do a good job or it could be completely wrong.

If you want one that's a tad bit easier, do 1984. It's not as easy as The Great Gatsby, and it's positively interesting as to how the government treats its people...It's interesting to see how our world could be, or what our world is turning in to.

The easiest one by far is 1984 so nothing about that is impressive. The catcher in the rye is an okay novel but like I said, its an okay novel. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is by far the hardest book with the most hidden meanings. Try to read that one and find the hidden meanings in it. That would impress an english teacher the most.