GATSBY NOTES & THOUGHTS ON CHAPTER 8!

Death.

• "I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too late"-FORESHADOW
• "Nothing Happened"-G
• House= Depression festival 
• Redolent: aromatic/good smelling 
• Uniform=invisible cloak→cloaked his poorness to the rich 
• Gatsby once again, explains to Nick how madly in love he fell for Daisy even though that's not what he originally planned 
• Gatsby's servant interrupts Nick and his talk to tell him that he would drain the pool, I think that Fitzgerald to calm down the energy and include the saying about the weather and how the weather is important to this whole book so far. 
• Gatsby hasn't swam in his pool all summer, so maybe he'd like to do it at least once before tragic Autumn starts
•  Nick gets to work and suddenly the narrative changes drastically
•  George Wilson shot Gatsby, and then he shot himself

This chapter was all dramatic irony and ure death. The details in this book has let me with no words. No words at all. 

HAVE TO VERSUS WANT TO VERSUS GET TO!

Reality.

Now, we all have our preferences on what we would like to do. It is no secret that there are differences between having to do something and wanting to do something and the point of actually getting to do something. To start off, when you must to do something it is usually something someone is requiring you to do. his usually is not favorable. But, there are some cases where this is positive.  When we say "we have to do something" it is usually someone else telling us what to do because we don't want to. Now, to want to do something is our own free will . Although, wanting to do something isn't close to getting able to do something. Furthermore, to get to do something is  an opportunity we won't normally receive and now is the chance to do so. All in all, we hate having to do something we enjoy wanting to do something and we try to get something. 

WHAT GATSBY SAYS TO ME!

The Message 

In terms of theme, I feel the that the theme of the infamous novel, The Great Gatsby, is simply undefinable. There are several ways to interpret what the purpose of this piece of work was created for. There is the of social classes. People's personalities. Romance. Etc. However, in my view the theme is love in the end can be one's downfall. In other words, sometimes love is not worth it. Looking into all the relationships are unhealthy and toxic. 

GATSBY NOTES AND THOUGHTS: CHAPTER 7!

Movement.

• Affront: action/remark that causes outrage 
• Bona fide: genuine 
• NO parties cuz Dasiy was finally captured by 
• G→fired all of his servants→new ones: becuz he wanted no one who GOSSIPED→replaced with suspicious individuals 
•  D+G=hang out A LOT
• D+G= KISS 
• D's child comes into the picture→G is surprised↠D is uninterested
• TB= jealous of Daisy's admiration of Gatsby→T sends D to Long Island w/ G (wins)
• MW= thinks that JB is Tom's wife 
• TB thinks he is losing his two "love" interests→Daisy w/Gatsby↠Myrtle will go West
• D KILLS MYRTLE (ran over w/ Gatsby's car)→Gatsby takes the blame 
• D & T simply talking eating dinner as if nothing ever happened (horrible character on D's part)
• Gatsby was left alone in the moonlight*→"Watching nothing"

This chapter was all the secrets and lies finally getting revealed and let out. All true emotions and characteristics were revealed. Mrytle unfortunately got the worse of it all. 

GATSBY NOTES AND THOUGHTS: CHAPTER 6!

On and On...

• James Gatz: Gatsby's legal name (changed @17)
• Gatsby Background: parents were unsuccessful farmers, worked as a janitor/personal assistant, made his own success 
• JG: "Platonic conception of himself"-was imaginative about his life
• "He was a son of God"- inventor
• Contemptuous of women 
• Party w/ TB and JG present= TENSION
• JG: "I know your wide" -THE IRONY 
• "She didn't have a good time"- proves Gatsby does all these parties for Daisy
• "...she would go up to Tom and say: 'I never loved you'. After had obliterated that three sentence....she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house-just as it was five years ago"
• "You can't repeat the past" -ouch
• "I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before...she'll see" -The longing and even desperation 
• Beautiful descriptive details about D and JG's first kiss

-This chapter was pure background. The interviewer served as the sneaky opener to Gatsby's true past. We learn about how hard this man worked to become who he is his character is shown to be determined and creative to say the least. As for his relationship with Daisy. Is beyond measure he wants her. He needs her. 

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 5!

Moving Forward...

• Nick= THE CONNECTOR
• THE PLAN: Nick invites Daisy to tea then, Gatsby shows up
• Gatsby= cares more about others feelings than his own
• Rain= made Gatsby nervous/ spazz out
• Gatsby is a PERFECTIONIST when it comes to Daisy
• G is a fool when Daisy is present (like a blushing school boy)
• "We haven't met for many years"-Daisy                                                                                           "Five years next November" -Gatsby
• Nick find Daisy in tears in a silent conversation w/Gatsby 
• J & D: Meeting was terribly awkward but soon turns into a rekindled romance movie
• "You always have that green light that burns all night at the end of your dock" -Gatsby
• Nick realizes Gatsby and Daisy have forgotten that he is there →Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy alone together.

This chapter to me was right out of a romantic movie played on a girl's night or perhaps valentines day. Here we have poor love sick Gatsby showing to be a perfectionist when it comes to the girl he longed for. Longed for. for five years to be exact. Finally, he sets up a plan to see the girl. When the meeting comes the tension is all over the room. and not the good kind of tension. Luckily, the mood fades away to the adoration felt between the two people as they felt may years ago. This chapter was basically an reveal to how deeply in love Gatsby and Daisy are as they can simply pick up right where they left off. 

HOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW!

The Moment of Truth...

In terms of this novel. I feel that the way I show that I know the material of this novel is through the journal topics given in the context of the book's cheaters and or events. In addition, in my posts about the notes my little interpretations or quick summaries if you will at the end of the notes show my current knowledge on that chapter. Also, we have just recently been quizzed on chapters 1-4. And I answered most of the questions with ease and deep understanding in my opinion. In the end,  I can show what I learn about what we read by posting some summaries of the book. In gist, so far in the book we've met Nick (the narrator), Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, Myrtle (Tom's mistress) and many others that don't hold that much significance. Nick is the connector of all these characters who holds honestly while surrounded by these group of liars that hold secrets. Now, we wait to see what will happen when everybody learns about a certain secret or should I say love affair. 

TESTING UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OTHER SIDE!

Answers

1. Answers varied:  The dog, Dad's advice, Etc.

2.  Broke the family tradition by moving to NY and pursued a career in the industry business

3. Phone call from Mistress

4. Isolated, Outsider

5. Fake, Liar, Changes herself 

6. ."I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known"-Everyone is a liar

7. His longing for Daisy 

8. Daisy and Gatsby were once in love with one another

I felt that these questions were the must knows for each chapter. For the reason, that they reveal important character traits and the definitions of the relationships for each character. 

GATSBY TEST GRADES!

Scoring.

Dana: 7/8
1. When the narrator talks about the dog running away it makes it seem like hes alone and doesn't like to be alone.
2. His family is used to staying in close and like Minnesota but he moved to New York  .-Needed to expand on how he family tradition was to stay in Minnesota and follow the paths of his other family members but, he instead moved to NY to pursue into working in the industry business
3. When Tom got a call from his mistress.
4. He felt uncomfortable and an outsider.
5. She is extremely fake and changes personalities a lot.
6."I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known"
7. When he tells him about his relationship with him.
8. They were in love and had a relationship before but it ended when Gatsby left.

Ruby: 7/8
1. In the beginning of the chapter you can see how the narrator was moving in with someone but at the last minute the person left because of some job? Anyways it just shows that he is alone for some quite time.
2. He breaks the tradition by moving to New York.
3. When Tom was talking to Ms. Wilson on the phone.
4. Nick didn't feel like he belonged with everybody at the party since some were dressed up.
5. She doesn't know how to act in front of certain people.
6. Honestly I don't know this one but maybe him being honest. -YEs, but needed to elaborate on what he meant 
7. Having a relationship with Nick.
8. They had a relationship until Gatsby left.

Helio: 8/8
1.Nick is very tolerant and keeps things to himself.
2.He moved to NY.
3.When Tom got a call from Myrtle
4.He wanted to leave, he felt like he didn't belong there.
5.That she is a liar and cheater.
6.That he is one of the most honest people he's ever known.
7.He tells him about his life and his past with daisy.( gatsby tells jordan to tell nick for him)
8.They used to be lovers.
:)

GATSBY TEST CHAPTERS 1-4!

Quiz

1. Give example of where the narrator's personality is shown without being openly stated. Describe the narrator's personality.
2. How does Nick "break" the family morals and or traditions?
3. Why was the conflict during dinner and or what caused the tension to rise when Nick visited the Buchanan's?
4. Describe Nick's experience in the apartment "party"? 
5. What hidden character trait was revealed about Jordan Baker in chapter three? 
6. What is Nick's cardinal virtue? 
7. What does Gatsby confide in Nick about 
8. Describe Daisy and Gatsby's relationship?   

GATSBY CHAPTER 4!

Big Reveal...

• Nick sees Gatsby's speaking= pitch perfect performance (unbelievable/not real) 
• Gatsby: old soul with a confusing structure of talk/thought -
• Pppl @ the party= "outwardly successful" w/ tragic backgrounds -conveyed racial discrimination of the time period 
• Jay Gatsby❤️Daisy:  lives right next door to her as a neighbor, throws these grand parties just so she would come over, and escapes any award situation with Tom 

NICK'S CARDINAL VIRTUE!

Wise Words?

Nick's cardinal virtue: "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

In regards to the truth, in that quote I feel Nick is being humble. He is in fact one of the few honest people in the novel. Everyone around him have shown to be liars. Tom cheats. Dais acts happy. Jordan adapts herself differently situation and or person. Nick is always the same but, he seems to transforming as he is being pulled into the world of the liars. 

I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS!

We all have Voices!

In my class, we never really all have the opportunity to speak. However, today we were all able to. Here's my highlights from our conversations:

• While, reading- "I know where I am in the book but, not where I am really at"
• Music= reflects personality
• Songs can trigger good and or bad memories
• UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE
• Music= Memories
• Smell can trigger memories
• Corruption in the foster care/adoption system

MY MOM ON MY BIG QUESTION!

Minute of Mindfulness (MOM) 

As I sat in my room, gazing at my wall. I begin to think about my big question. Numerous thoughts play out all at once. But, the main one that caught my attention is how will I bring this serious and contradicting opinion "big question"to big authorities or figures. I feel as though my question may be offensive for some. However, those who will not get offended may make the biggest change of all. I will save this thought for another day. 

NOW IT'S A PARTY/ GATSBY CHAPTER 3!

The Reveal...

• The two girls-(the yellow dress twins)→ rumors

1.   Gatsby killed a man once(quite possibly during war)
2.  German soldier during the war→ capable of committing a murder?, 

• . Gatsby =mysterious -enjoys the casual and routine gossip about him being spread around but only the good gossip. 
•  "stout, middle-aged man with owl-eyed spectacles.."=Man in library →Nick goes on to call the man a criminal because of the car incident. 
•  Gatsby (Imagined)-"florid and corpulent person in his middle years"/a flushed-faced, big bellied old man 
• JB is someone who instinctively avoids clever shrewd men, incredibly dishonest↪ She's fake to everyone in order to please others
•  Nick's cardinal virtue: "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." 

MY UN/FINISHED SYMPHONY!

In-completion...

Unfinished. Whenever I think of incomplete I think of a certain novel. It's ending almost killed me. Literally. I will never forget that book. I reread time ti time in hopes of fulfilling the hole I still feel. The book was called, The Giver. The author decided to end the plot on a cliff hanger. The last quote book still haunts me to this day. "But, perhaps it was only an echo". Lois Lowry is a brilliant writer. But, this book made me despise her from a young age. Now, my teacher id try to relive the tension my classmates and I felt after finished reading the book. She gave us an assignment to write a new ending for the novel. This is where my unfinished symphony began. I did in fact write a new ending. Then, another. And another. And so forth. Every year from that day forward I rewrite a new ending to that novel once or twice. It has become my task t find the "perfect" ending. Although, perfection is necessarily real. I feel that I will complete this symphony at some point. 

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On a Roll!

• Kyke: racist slur usually appointed to Jews 
• Nick's feeling of being an outsider (40)
• Syntax 2 reveal Carraway's drunk nature (41)
• T.B.→Hit Myrtle  
• "Brook'n Bridge" (42)
• (44) Diction revealing the alcoholism in the novel
• Contemptuous: Harshly judgmental  

BQGSD!

Big Question Get Stuff Done!

1. Find more statistics on my topic

2. Interview at least three students 

3. Interview at least three teachers 

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Continuing on...

• Transcendent: to go above and beyond 
• Supercilious: behaving or looking as someone superior to others 
• Contiguous: sharing a common border
•  Eyes - symbolizing vision vision probably relates to the future or the unseen 
• "His eyes were looked up to by everyone in the valley of ashes (the place is like a dump) like they were God The eyes see Tom's mistress (the other woman besides Daisy)"

GATSBY: PAGES 11-26

Meetings.

• Tom Buchanan: Confident, Wealthy, Unfaithful 
• Similes/Metaphors/Descriptive writing-PAGE 8
• Daisy Buchanan: Charming , Self-Adsorbed, Spontaneous
• "Miss" Jordan Baker: Mysterious, Intriguing, Vague 
• Tom B. →Ignorant?
• Tension at dinner- Series of calls interrupting dinner revealing Mr. Buchanan's affair w/ another woman in NY
• "And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool", (17). -Daisy B. 
• MR. GATSBY- reaching out to the single green light 
• Magazine beautiful but up close their true ugliness appears
•  No one is happy. 

WHAT'S IN MY BIG QUESTION FOR ME!

Benefits?

In terms of my big question: why have we not modernized the school system...why are students under the obligation to study all subjects even if they are irrelevant to their desired profession and or interests? It is quite clear, that the question involves me a student. Now, what is in it for me is change. Maybe the change will  happen while, I am in high school. However, maybe change will come or the future students to come. I do not want the students of our future to face what current students are feeling and facing today. So, that is what is in for me. Change for the future to come.