Monday, May 24, 2010
14-26
I didn't really realize until later on that Holden needs girls to help him be satisfied because he dates a lot of girls. He becomes a madman over what his dates do and he gets really mad at Sally. He has a desperate need for love. He proposes to Sally even though they are clearly not in love with each other. He is so desperate for love and I think he does a terrible job of thinking things through. I think that towards the end he becomes a complete train wreck and makes some bad decisions. He told Phoebe that he wanted to the catcher in the rye, and help children. He wants to help them when they begin to transfer into adulthood. I think more highly of him after that because at least there are some good things about him. Holden tells Antolini that he dreams of helping kids with sexuality problems and protecting them from adulthood but he just gets critized because its time for Holden to grow up. At the end of the book Holden just completely breaks down and he tells Phoebe that he just wants to run away. I think he just went completely crazy. Phoebe convinces him that he should just stay home. I was expecting him to eventually grow up but he didn't and at the end of the book he had to go to a rest home so that he could recover from his depression. He tells people that he is coming to come back and finish school and turn his life around.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Catcher in the rye
I think that Holden is kind of a troublemaker and that he threw away his academic career by getting kicked out of school because he was failing 4 of his 5 classes. He moved in a room with a roomate that he was jelous of and he lived by Ackley, a guy that annoyed him. Holden has a crush on Jane, and he can't really stand that his roomate Stradlater is going on a date with her because he thinks Stradlater is a slob. There is clearly tension between the two of them before Stradlater even goes on the date. I think that Holden is over reacting and he doesn't really have anything to get mad over because he dated Jane a long time ago and Stradlater doesn't even know that. Stradlater goes on the date and when he gets home there is a lot of tension between him and Holden, and they end up getting in a fight. Holden tackles him and I don't think he should have done it because he ends up getting beat up. Stradlater does the right thing and tries to get him to stop and calm down but Holden won't stop provoking him so Stradlater hits him in the face. I don't really blame him for doing it because that is the only way that Holden was going to stop saying things to him. Holden also has to think of the fact that his brother died of leukemia. When it happened, he got very emotional and he slept in the garage and broke out all the windows. I dont blame him for being emotional, and he writes about his brother for Stradlaters english assignment. The assignment is the main reason that they got in a fight because Stradlater freaked on him because his brother had nothing to do with the assignment. Eventually Holden gets to spend some time with Jane and he gets to comfort her and kiss her because her dad upsets her. I think that Holden and Jane will probably end up getting back together and there is going to be a lot of drama between Stradlater and Holden.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Jordan Curren
Mrs. Lebo
5-16-10
English 11-2
Loss- In the book and the movie has to suffer the loss of Daisy for 5 years. I think that in the first video and the book Gatsby shows more emotion towards the loss of Daisy than in the 2nd one. He seems like he cares more and he is more obsessed with getting her back into his life. In the 2nd movie the loss of Myrtle hits Wilson really hard and they show in the 2nd movie him going and talking to Tom and how emotional he got when Myrtle got hit. Wilson seems like he gets more angry in the 2nd movie. The loss of Gatsby isn't as effective because nobody really seems to care that he died besides Nick and Gatsby's father. It bothers Nick because he feels like he is the only one that has really lost anything because of the death. "About five o'clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetary and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate" shows that there wasn't very many people at his funeral.
Mutuablity- In the movies it is easy to tell that Nick gets along with everyone. He doesn't really say much about what Gatsby and Daisy are doing and what he saw happen between Myrtle and Tom. Nick is the person that knows everything that is going on. There is no mutuability between Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby because they can't be in the same room together without them getting in a argument and because of the mixed emotions Daisy has between the 2 of them. "You were his closest friend, so I know you'll want to come to his funeral this afternoon" shows how close of friends Gatsby and Nick were.
Time- In the first movie they show time the best, they go back in time and they show when Daisy and Gatsby first met. Time is one of the major themes in the movie because Nick always tells Gatsby that he can't repeat the past and that it isn't going to work out. Gatsby is so wrapped up in the past and how things used to be that he can't get his head on straight and move on. If he could have forgot about the past he wouldn't have been killed. "You can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" shows how Gatsby thought he could go back and repeat time from 5 years ago and Nick told him that it just wasn't going to happen.
American Dream- Everyone wants to experience the American Dream and be rich and wealthy, and have a nice house. Gatsby got to experience the American Dream because he had a huge house, and he was very wealthy. He threw parties all the time and people just came as they wanted to. In the movies they show how wealthy he is and I think that in the second one it resembles more to the book than the first one because i pictured the pool right next to the house and thats how it was in the second one. In the first movie the pool is away from the house. "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited, they went there" shows how people just showed up at Gatsbys parties whenever they wanted to.
Possiblities- There was a lot of possibilities for Gatsby and what could have happened between him and Daisy. But because of his death, nothing can ever happen. Him and Daisy could have ended up getting back together and could have fallen in love. She might have ended up divorcing Tom and marrying Gatsby. Nick could have possibly stayed with Jordan Baker if everything would have been alright between all of them but there was so much drama and a lot of changes after Gatsby died. Wilson wouldn't have killed Gatsby if someone would have told him that Daisy was the one driving the car.
Self made man- Gatsby was the only one that was a self made man. When he was young he wasn't very weathly and he always dreamed of being rich. He made all the money by himself by distributing illegal alchohal. When he left for the war Daisy married Tom while he was trying to make money so that Daisy would marry him. After that, he dedicated himself to becoming very rich so that he could get Daisy back. He bought a house right across the street from her.
Mrs. Lebo
5-16-10
English 11-2
Loss- In the book and the movie has to suffer the loss of Daisy for 5 years. I think that in the first video and the book Gatsby shows more emotion towards the loss of Daisy than in the 2nd one. He seems like he cares more and he is more obsessed with getting her back into his life. In the 2nd movie the loss of Myrtle hits Wilson really hard and they show in the 2nd movie him going and talking to Tom and how emotional he got when Myrtle got hit. Wilson seems like he gets more angry in the 2nd movie. The loss of Gatsby isn't as effective because nobody really seems to care that he died besides Nick and Gatsby's father. It bothers Nick because he feels like he is the only one that has really lost anything because of the death. "About five o'clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetary and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate" shows that there wasn't very many people at his funeral.
Mutuablity- In the movies it is easy to tell that Nick gets along with everyone. He doesn't really say much about what Gatsby and Daisy are doing and what he saw happen between Myrtle and Tom. Nick is the person that knows everything that is going on. There is no mutuability between Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby because they can't be in the same room together without them getting in a argument and because of the mixed emotions Daisy has between the 2 of them. "You were his closest friend, so I know you'll want to come to his funeral this afternoon" shows how close of friends Gatsby and Nick were.
Time- In the first movie they show time the best, they go back in time and they show when Daisy and Gatsby first met. Time is one of the major themes in the movie because Nick always tells Gatsby that he can't repeat the past and that it isn't going to work out. Gatsby is so wrapped up in the past and how things used to be that he can't get his head on straight and move on. If he could have forgot about the past he wouldn't have been killed. "You can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" shows how Gatsby thought he could go back and repeat time from 5 years ago and Nick told him that it just wasn't going to happen.
American Dream- Everyone wants to experience the American Dream and be rich and wealthy, and have a nice house. Gatsby got to experience the American Dream because he had a huge house, and he was very wealthy. He threw parties all the time and people just came as they wanted to. In the movies they show how wealthy he is and I think that in the second one it resembles more to the book than the first one because i pictured the pool right next to the house and thats how it was in the second one. In the first movie the pool is away from the house. "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited, they went there" shows how people just showed up at Gatsbys parties whenever they wanted to.
Possiblities- There was a lot of possibilities for Gatsby and what could have happened between him and Daisy. But because of his death, nothing can ever happen. Him and Daisy could have ended up getting back together and could have fallen in love. She might have ended up divorcing Tom and marrying Gatsby. Nick could have possibly stayed with Jordan Baker if everything would have been alright between all of them but there was so much drama and a lot of changes after Gatsby died. Wilson wouldn't have killed Gatsby if someone would have told him that Daisy was the one driving the car.
Self made man- Gatsby was the only one that was a self made man. When he was young he wasn't very weathly and he always dreamed of being rich. He made all the money by himself by distributing illegal alchohal. When he left for the war Daisy married Tom while he was trying to make money so that Daisy would marry him. After that, he dedicated himself to becoming very rich so that he could get Daisy back. He bought a house right across the street from her.
Monday, May 3, 2010
7-9
Chapter 7
Nick goes to East egg to have lunch at Tom and Daisy's house. Jordan Baker and Gatsby are there too. They have an lunch and Daisy and Gatsby can't keep there eyes off each other. Daisy gets bored and asks Gatsby if he wants to drive into the city and Tom can tell that there is something going on. They all go into town and they go to the plaza hotel. Gatsby and Tom get in a argument there and Tom tells him that him and Daisy have a history that nobody understands. Daisy is becoming more unsure of who she loves. On the way back home, they see that someone got in an accident. A man tells Nick that it was Myrtle that got hit by a yellow car. Nick thinks that it was most likely Gatsby and Daisy that hit her. When Nick gets back to Toms he sees Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby tells him that he wanted to make sure that Daisy was fine.
Daisy becomes more unsure about who she loves and is falling more towards Tom again. Nick thinks that Daisy and Gatsby hit Myrtle with there car.
Why would Daisy and Gatsby want to hit Myrtle and run away?
Chapter 8
Nick goes to Gatsby's mansion in the morning and Gatsby tells him that he stayed up until 4 in the morning to make sure that Daisy was fine. Nick tells Gatsby that he thinks he should leave and not come back, but Gatsby says that he is not leaving because Daisy was the first girl that he has ever fallen in love with. He also tells Nick that him and Daisy have made love. Nick goes to work that day but can't concentrate because of everything going on. He finds out that Wilson has found out that Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car and he goes and shoots him at his house where he was laying by the pool. He shot himself right after. Nick goes to the house and sees them both dead.
Wilson finds out who is responsible for Myrtles death and he goes and shoots Gatsby and after that he shoots himself. Now 3 people have died in the last couple days because of Gatsby's decision to hit Myrtle.
Why did he hit Myrtle?
Chapter 9
Nick talks about what happened with Gatsby 2 years later. He talks about how there weren't many people at the funeral besides him and a couple of servants, and his father. Nick moves away from East egg and he breaks up with Jordan Baker, who is engaged to another man anyways. Nick talks to Tom and Tom tells him that he thinks Gatsby deserved to die. Nick shakes Toms hand reluctantly because he despises him. The last thing that Nick does before he leaves is he goes over to Gatsbys mansion and thinks about Gatsbys death.
It was a crazy ending to the story how 3 of the people died and especially how Gatsby died. Nick talks to Tom and finds out that Tom told Wilson that Gatsby ran over Mrytle. Nick stays at West Egg for not very long, and then moves to Minnesota.
Why did Gatsby move?
Nick goes to East egg to have lunch at Tom and Daisy's house. Jordan Baker and Gatsby are there too. They have an lunch and Daisy and Gatsby can't keep there eyes off each other. Daisy gets bored and asks Gatsby if he wants to drive into the city and Tom can tell that there is something going on. They all go into town and they go to the plaza hotel. Gatsby and Tom get in a argument there and Tom tells him that him and Daisy have a history that nobody understands. Daisy is becoming more unsure of who she loves. On the way back home, they see that someone got in an accident. A man tells Nick that it was Myrtle that got hit by a yellow car. Nick thinks that it was most likely Gatsby and Daisy that hit her. When Nick gets back to Toms he sees Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby tells him that he wanted to make sure that Daisy was fine.
Daisy becomes more unsure about who she loves and is falling more towards Tom again. Nick thinks that Daisy and Gatsby hit Myrtle with there car.
Why would Daisy and Gatsby want to hit Myrtle and run away?
Chapter 8
Nick goes to Gatsby's mansion in the morning and Gatsby tells him that he stayed up until 4 in the morning to make sure that Daisy was fine. Nick tells Gatsby that he thinks he should leave and not come back, but Gatsby says that he is not leaving because Daisy was the first girl that he has ever fallen in love with. He also tells Nick that him and Daisy have made love. Nick goes to work that day but can't concentrate because of everything going on. He finds out that Wilson has found out that Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car and he goes and shoots him at his house where he was laying by the pool. He shot himself right after. Nick goes to the house and sees them both dead.
Wilson finds out who is responsible for Myrtles death and he goes and shoots Gatsby and after that he shoots himself. Now 3 people have died in the last couple days because of Gatsby's decision to hit Myrtle.
Why did he hit Myrtle?
Chapter 9
Nick talks about what happened with Gatsby 2 years later. He talks about how there weren't many people at the funeral besides him and a couple of servants, and his father. Nick moves away from East egg and he breaks up with Jordan Baker, who is engaged to another man anyways. Nick talks to Tom and Tom tells him that he thinks Gatsby deserved to die. Nick shakes Toms hand reluctantly because he despises him. The last thing that Nick does before he leaves is he goes over to Gatsbys mansion and thinks about Gatsbys death.
It was a crazy ending to the story how 3 of the people died and especially how Gatsby died. Nick talks to Tom and finds out that Tom told Wilson that Gatsby ran over Mrytle. Nick stays at West Egg for not very long, and then moves to Minnesota.
Why did Gatsby move?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Great Gatsby 4-6
Chapter 4
Nick talks about all the people that he saw at Gatsby's parties and what they were like. Most of them were very rich and weatlhy. One day Nick and Gatsby drive through the city and they get pulled over by a policeman. He pulls a white card from his wallet and the policeman sees that he is Gatsby and says he's sorry and he won't make the mistake again. After that they drive by a hearse, and a limousine that was drove by a white and had three negroes, two bucks, and a girl in there too. The next day Gatsby and Nick met for lunch, and Mr. Wolfsheim was with Gatsby. Nick ends up finding out that he fixed the world series back in 1919, and he finds out what kind of person Wolfsheim is. After lunch,Nick goes and meets Jordan Baker who tells him what her and Gatsby were talking about at the party. Jordan tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Nick talks about all of the people at the parties he saw, and goes out to eat with Mr. Wolfsheim and Gatsby. He finds out that he fixed the world series, and he finds out from Jordan Baker that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Does anyone else know about Gatsby being in love with Daisy besides Jordan?
Chapter 5
Nick comes home from his date with Jordan and Gatsby comes running to him to talk about something. Gatsby wants Nick to help it out by getting Daisy to come over for tea. He begs Nick and bribes him inviting him to a bunch of things and Nick agrees that he will help with it. Daisy goes to Gatsbys house for tea and at first he is really nervous. He settles down eventually when Nick leaves them alone for an hour. They end up getting along really well and Nick decides that he will let them be alone for a while.
Gatsby gets to have tea with Daisy thanks to Nicks help and they get along really well, it went the way he wanted it to go.
Is Gatsby trying to make Daisy having an affair?
Chapter 6
Rumors go around about Gatsby about his history. Nick finds out about his real history and that he used to live in South Dakota and he dropped out of college. He worked for a guy that had a severe drinking problem and his job was to make sure he didn't do anything extremily stupid when intoxicated. The man died and leaves Gatsby 25,000 dollars. Nick doesn't see Gatsby or Daisy for a long time until the party when Tom goes with Daisy. Nobody really has a good time and it makes Gatsby mad. He decided that he is going to do everything he can to get Daisy back.
Rumors go throughout the city about Gatsby and Nick learns about his past. Gatsby throws a party in hopes of seeing Daisy again but it backfires because nobody has a good time at the party.
Why would Gatsby throw a party and have Tom come?
Nick talks about all the people that he saw at Gatsby's parties and what they were like. Most of them were very rich and weatlhy. One day Nick and Gatsby drive through the city and they get pulled over by a policeman. He pulls a white card from his wallet and the policeman sees that he is Gatsby and says he's sorry and he won't make the mistake again. After that they drive by a hearse, and a limousine that was drove by a white and had three negroes, two bucks, and a girl in there too. The next day Gatsby and Nick met for lunch, and Mr. Wolfsheim was with Gatsby. Nick ends up finding out that he fixed the world series back in 1919, and he finds out what kind of person Wolfsheim is. After lunch,Nick goes and meets Jordan Baker who tells him what her and Gatsby were talking about at the party. Jordan tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Nick talks about all of the people at the parties he saw, and goes out to eat with Mr. Wolfsheim and Gatsby. He finds out that he fixed the world series, and he finds out from Jordan Baker that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Does anyone else know about Gatsby being in love with Daisy besides Jordan?
Chapter 5
Nick comes home from his date with Jordan and Gatsby comes running to him to talk about something. Gatsby wants Nick to help it out by getting Daisy to come over for tea. He begs Nick and bribes him inviting him to a bunch of things and Nick agrees that he will help with it. Daisy goes to Gatsbys house for tea and at first he is really nervous. He settles down eventually when Nick leaves them alone for an hour. They end up getting along really well and Nick decides that he will let them be alone for a while.
Gatsby gets to have tea with Daisy thanks to Nicks help and they get along really well, it went the way he wanted it to go.
Is Gatsby trying to make Daisy having an affair?
Chapter 6
Rumors go around about Gatsby about his history. Nick finds out about his real history and that he used to live in South Dakota and he dropped out of college. He worked for a guy that had a severe drinking problem and his job was to make sure he didn't do anything extremily stupid when intoxicated. The man died and leaves Gatsby 25,000 dollars. Nick doesn't see Gatsby or Daisy for a long time until the party when Tom goes with Daisy. Nobody really has a good time and it makes Gatsby mad. He decided that he is going to do everything he can to get Daisy back.
Rumors go throughout the city about Gatsby and Nick learns about his past. Gatsby throws a party in hopes of seeing Daisy again but it backfires because nobody has a good time at the party.
Why would Gatsby throw a party and have Tom come?
Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 1
Nick lives in a neighborhood in New York called West Egg, he moves there for his work. He used to live in East Egg, where he knew a lot more people and he liked them better. One night he goes over to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin and her husband. There is a girl named Jordan that is also there too. Nick tries to tell everyone about a book and Tom is the only one that shows any interest in it. They eat dinner and then Jordan goes to bed. Tom and Daisy try to convince Nick that he should take a interest in Jordan, but Nick doesn't think anything of it.
Nick goes to the East Egg side to have dinner with his cousin and he husband and a couple of others. They have a dinner and Nick tries to tell Tom about a book. Tom and Daisy tell Nick that they should give Jordan a try.
How old are all of them?
Chapter 2
Tom and Nick ride a train into the city, where they go to Georges house. They pick up Mrytle, Georges wife and Tom takes them to an apartment in New York City called Morningside Heights. They have a party there with Catherine, Mrytle's sister, and some other people. Everybody is drunk, and Mrytle says something about Toms wife. Tom told her to never say anything again and Mrytle got mad and says she can do whatever she wants, and provokes Tom by repeating her name. Tom gets mad and punches her in the nose and breaks her nose. The party ends after that and Nick leaves at 4 in the morning.
They have a party at Morningside Heights and everyone drinks. Things get out of hand and Tom ends up breaking Mrytles nose because she keeps talking about his wife. Nick gets drunk for one of the first times in his life.
Why did they decide to go to the apartment?
Chapter 3
Nick gets an invitation to go to a party at Gatsby's mansion. He decides to go and he feels out of place there because he doesn't really know anybody. He hears people talking about Gatsby's history. He hears people say that Gatsby was a killer and that he was a German spy during the war. Eventually Nick meets Jay Gatsby and he talks to him. He finds out that Gatsby is very interesting and he likes him. The party ends about 2 in the morning. Nick then decides that he is attracted to Jordan, even though he feels that she is a cheater. Nick decides that he is going to stop attending parties and that he is going to go on with his everyday life, which is working in New York City.
Nick goes to Gatsby's party and he has a good time. He finds out that Gatsby is a nice guy, even though he has heard some bad rumors about him. He decides that he is going to stop partying because he wants to prove to himself that he doesn't need to.
Does Jordan feel attracted to Nick too?
Chapter 1
Nick lives in a neighborhood in New York called West Egg, he moves there for his work. He used to live in East Egg, where he knew a lot more people and he liked them better. One night he goes over to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin and her husband. There is a girl named Jordan that is also there too. Nick tries to tell everyone about a book and Tom is the only one that shows any interest in it. They eat dinner and then Jordan goes to bed. Tom and Daisy try to convince Nick that he should take a interest in Jordan, but Nick doesn't think anything of it.
Nick goes to the East Egg side to have dinner with his cousin and he husband and a couple of others. They have a dinner and Nick tries to tell Tom about a book. Tom and Daisy tell Nick that they should give Jordan a try.
How old are all of them?
Chapter 2
Tom and Nick ride a train into the city, where they go to Georges house. They pick up Mrytle, Georges wife and Tom takes them to an apartment in New York City called Morningside Heights. They have a party there with Catherine, Mrytle's sister, and some other people. Everybody is drunk, and Mrytle says something about Toms wife. Tom told her to never say anything again and Mrytle got mad and says she can do whatever she wants, and provokes Tom by repeating her name. Tom gets mad and punches her in the nose and breaks her nose. The party ends after that and Nick leaves at 4 in the morning.
They have a party at Morningside Heights and everyone drinks. Things get out of hand and Tom ends up breaking Mrytles nose because she keeps talking about his wife. Nick gets drunk for one of the first times in his life.
Why did they decide to go to the apartment?
Chapter 3
Nick gets an invitation to go to a party at Gatsby's mansion. He decides to go and he feels out of place there because he doesn't really know anybody. He hears people talking about Gatsby's history. He hears people say that Gatsby was a killer and that he was a German spy during the war. Eventually Nick meets Jay Gatsby and he talks to him. He finds out that Gatsby is very interesting and he likes him. The party ends about 2 in the morning. Nick then decides that he is attracted to Jordan, even though he feels that she is a cheater. Nick decides that he is going to stop attending parties and that he is going to go on with his everyday life, which is working in New York City.
Nick goes to Gatsby's party and he has a good time. He finds out that Gatsby is a nice guy, even though he has heard some bad rumors about him. He decides that he is going to stop partying because he wants to prove to himself that he doesn't need to.
Does Jordan feel attracted to Nick too?
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