Miguel's Ideas

Half way between West Egg and New York City is a plain gray valley that is used to dump New York's ashes.There are men that live there and work to shovel the ashes. Doctor T. J Eckleburg is overhead, watching everything that happens in the valley of ashes. A commuter train goes from West Egg and New York passes through the valley of ashes. One day, Tom and Nick were on their way the the city. Tom forced Nick to get out at a stop and Tom lead Nick to George Wilson's garage.

So, there are a good amount of sexist/gender quotes in The Great Gatsby. One example of a character that is sexist is actually in the journal topic. When the mom was hoping for her daughter to be a fool of a girl when she grows up. She hopes this because she thinks the foolish, beautiful females get more attention. I believe this is a sexist thing to say, especially to your daughter. Another example is "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon" (p.8/2) So Tom is pretty much making fun of the women I also found another example which is Nick talking to himself, " I enjoyed looking at her. She was a slender, small breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet." (p.11) Nick is giving his view on womans physical appearance here.

Reflection: I felt really awkward towards this section. The people that are there talking such as Daisy, Tom, Miss Baker and Nick. The first reason i felt weird was because Daisy had a 3 year old daughter with her while she was drinking. Now, this isnt the bad thing, what got me confused was when she was talking to Nick, and it wasnt until the end when she introduced her 3 year old daughter. This makes me feel like she is a careless person, because that's her own child that she almost forgot about. I also had got sketched out when we were introduced to the butler by Daisy. Daisy had told Nick that the butler was not always just a butler, no, he actually was a silver polisher, until it began to take an affect on his nose. Now i found this weird, because i just wondered \why would we need to know that.

This book was made in 1925. This was in the "Roaring Twenties" age. The reason for this name is because there were a lot of parties and the people had hope for a good future. Nick is the name of the narrator. He is talking to us and this was something that was rare back then. He is our tour guide and fills us in with what had happened back then. He wants to feel like he is with us right now and not back then. He is a good listener and lived in Long Island. epigraph: the quote that the author uses that will set the tone for the book "Gatsby turned out alright in the end"

Hopepunk: This is a trend towards optimism and positivity in desperate times. This style is supposed to represent gentleness in us humans while at bad times. this genre came to be because of the current president Trump and his apocalyptic change. This genre is a storytelling way to show resistance and keeping true to who you are at all costs.

Genre: section of categories that is dependent on what style a specific subject is, such as music or literature Naturalism: this can be a theory that represents a accurate picture based off the details given or known. Realism: a good style of representing familiar things as they actually are Modernism: Naturalism, Realism, and Modernism: What is the difference between these? These are all a movement in literary, but they are different to each other. Realism is supposed to be a representation about real life with a more philosophical view. Naturalism is sought to represent real life, but with more science behind it. What i mean with more science, is pretty much we try to break it down Modernism is supposed to have the author pretty much talking to the reader and compare with each other. naturalism: extreme form or realism. Of Mice and Men is an example. Both had to deal with economy and slave labors. Lenny had to deal with himself because he wasnt all there but he had to deal wi

The way we look has nothing to do with our character. Just because a person may look lonely, doesnt mean they are hate people. This can give us a clue about the person, but not enough to judge the person or give them negative comments. The link i clicked on was " How We Humanize Each Other" and i found this really interesting because i can actually relate to this! I see how the writer exclaims us humans always wanting the better for a person rather than seeing them suffer. I too love to see someone better themselves and try to help that person. Some people in this day and age want to see someone fail, and they would do anything to see them fall.

I went to the search engine DuckDuckGo to research these short stories and the novel. I went searching for a random link, and came across americanliterature.com then clicked on great short stories. One short story that caught my attention was The Haunted Mind By: Nathaniel Hawthorne. The second short story was The Last Fight in the Coliseum  By: Charlotte M. Yonge. Lastly, i searched up on DuckDuckGo Interesting Novels. The website i went to was lifehack.org. The novel i chose was Dark Places By: Gillian Flynn

My experience: I usually work alone all the time. Even if the teacher makes us be in partners, no one really wants to be with me. Ive always been that way, and got used to just being alone. What i do like doing is talking to my friends about an idea. I like to express my thoughts and rather have someone to to communicate with, rather than be in my own world. Of course, i have recently been by myself, but i dont mind it. No, my experience is not even close to the Paul Simon video. I dont have his freedom in this prison we have to enter. Yes, im referring to school.