masterpiece notes 5/23

jocelyn: why should we have to pay for college? students argued that if college was paid for, government taxes would be very expensive.

victor: religion. which religion is the closest to god?

Alex: the start to your own clothing brand. some of  his favorite brands are supreme, stussy and bape.

masterpiece notes 5/22

eli's presentation: nothing into something. "grass is like life. you start off as nothing, but through the sunshine & rainful, it helps us grow into what we wanna be."

ofelia: why do people fight? why can't we control anger? for some people, anger runs in family. some people just have the ego of fighting as well.

richard: music. different music from different artist can portray different images. from feelings, to stories we can relate to.

guiding questions

1. the society they live in seems like a more futuristic society.

2. she's very literal & loves reading.

3. he's defector, he can't trust him on a good level

what i see in lituracture

in lituracture i see authors use love & drama to draw in the audience.

i also see how they use vocabulary to make the audience feel as if they are the character.

pursuit of happiness gets used a lot, feelings, and physicality.

they use vocabulary to relate to the audience.

love chat

he is scared to love because he doesn't wanna get hurt. he feels as if he's going to get hurt by being judged or not being good enough. he doesn't have much confidence in himself. to feel
joy, you must feel pain to understand joy.

Chapter 8 Notes

Nick had a sleepless night. He visits Gatsby early in the morning. Gatsby says he waited until 4 o'clock to make sure everything was okay with Daisy. Nick suggest he forgets about Daisy and leaves to Long Island, but Gatsby refuses as he waits for a phone call from Daisy. Nick stays at Gatsby's too long and is now late for work. He's at work but he cant focus because he's waiting for a call from Gatsby.

chapter 7 notes

they are eating at home & gatsby is there. tom sees daisy tell gatsby that she loves him, so he throws a fit & pleads they go to town. gatsby takes tom's coupe with daisy & tom takes gatsby's car. when they get to town tom stops to pump gas & finds out that his mistress is leaving him to go west. once they get to the lounge, Tom starts to interigate gatsby about his life. gatsby tells daisy it's time to tell tom that she never loved him & gatsby & tom start to argue loudly.

02/16/17 blog

in today's class we talked about a lot of things. a topic that stood out to me was making it in america. some believe that if you don't come from a wealthy family you won't be able to be successful in life. i believe that if you fully commit to something & work hard for it , you will achieve your goal. i know this from experience from having terrible grades & doing bad to turning it all around & maintaining higher than a 3.0. most people can talk  about their dreams & goals & what they're gonna do about it, but actions speak louder than words.

journal 02/09

In the last 100 years society has definitely changed. There's not so much racism or sexism against women & there is definitely more respect for women. We have learned to show more respect & less hate. Not that it has fully been erased, but there has been a big change.

Chapter 3 Remix

In chapter 3, Nick meets Gatsby. Gatsby throws a big party to show of just how wealthy he is. Nick doesn't realize he's speaking to Gatsby until he announces himself. They get along as if they were brothers & they were very interested in learning more & more about each other.

The Great Gatsby Notes 2

Daisy is an adventurous girl. She gets along well with many people.

Daisy isn't a happy person. She can't live in the moment. She thinks too much of what will happen or what has already happened.

Tom is a racsist & Daisy teases him but Tom is too dumb to understand

"She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'" What did Daisy mean by this?

What does the green light represent?

The Great Gatsby Notes

They Great Gatsby is described as just a masterpiece. It's not to send a message, but just a great story.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a romantic.

The novel had a 3 year process of revolution.

Every student will interpret this novel in a different way.

Epigraph - a quote that comes at the beginning of a book that gives a clue about what the book will be about.

F. Scott Fitzgerald maintained a good relationship with his father.

"Two old friends that I scarecly knew at all" pg 11
-friends who he mainly knows for their appearance

Tom was muscular, but a very intimidating muscular.