The winner of last week's Great Wednesday Compare (Sam McGee VERSUS Jay Gatsby), with a final score of 3-2 was Jay Gatsby.
I feel so dirty right now. Voting against Sam McGee. I love that poem. And I really didn't like The Great Gatsby at all. Robert W. Service was Canadian, F. Scott Fitzgerald wasn't. But I had to swallow my principles. The vote was tied and fell to me to break it and you see, a win for McGee last week week would have meant 5 wins in a row and that would have meant the end of the 8th edition of the Great Wednesday Compare. And truthfully, with the holidays around the corner, I don't have the time or energy to come up with a new logo just yet. So, I've declared Jay Gatsby the winner. Strategery, as the former American president might say.
So with Christmas in mind, I offer a new contender against...sigh, Jay Gatsby. Sorry Sam. I hope you can find it in your fictional, burning heart to forgive me.
Vote in the comment section below before Dec 14th: Who is the better character?
6 comments:
You threw the contest over a logo? Sheesh!
I'm going with Jacob Marley on this one. I still don't think that Gatsby was all that great, and any friend of Bob's....
I'm going with Marley on this one. I love him with all of his chain rattling.
Marley for me too. First of all, because I've actually read the book; and secondly because of all of the numerous incarnations in popular culture.
Jacob Marley for me too. Tis the season after all.
This is a fantastic site! It's incredibly uplifting to find a resource like this directed at Canadians.
I'm a self-published Canadian author currently working on my next novel, Hanlan's Point. I'm blogging about my attempts to print, cut, bind, distribute, and market the book at www.jakebabad.com
Jacob Marley
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