Sunday, March 15, 2009
Gatsby Journal Of Gatsby-ness. Subsection 1 Part 1 (Beta)
After reading three chapters of Fitzgerald's work, The Great Gatsby, I discovered that not all literature that is analyzed far and wide by high school students can be bad. In fact I found one of my favorite quotes in the very first chapter. “I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Most of the first three chapters are satirical looks at the rich. Lavish parties, limitless booze, money abound... but turns it on it's head when it shows you these people have just as many (if not more) problems than "everyone" else. Tom's affair being a great example of that. The East and West Egg ect. have been explained and all the groundwork for the book has been laid... I will enjoy reading further. Also I wonder how Nick's relationship with Jordan has any chance of progressing as she is a dishonest person... a quality Nick scorns claiming he is one of the most honest people around.
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Mike, your Journal Entry is really, really interesting. You really explained how you felt about the novel and explained how you predicted things were going to happen in the rest of the novel. I really like reading your writing, just the way your words flow onto the paper and how they come out is really intriguing. You know exactly what to say to describe yourself. Great Job!
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