Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Great Gatsby Reading Notes: Chap. 6

So in chapter six one of the things that really catches my eye is that we found out that Gatsby was born as James Gatz, so why did he change his name? And why did Dan Cody, a wealthy man, take in James?
When Tom and Daisy go to Gatsby party why does he keep an eye on Daisy? Tom didn't like the party at all and neither did Daisy. She was upset because Tom was keeping guard like a dog and she wanted to be with Gatsby. Gatsby was also very upset because everything didn't go the way he planned. Now the question is, will it?

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Great Gatsby Reading Notes: Chap. 5

In chapter 5 Nick makes the arrangement for Daisy to meet up with Gatsby. It's been five years since they have seen each other. Now when Nick was taking up to the front door he notices that Gatsby wasn't there, next thing you know Gatsby comes from the the side of his house. Why did Gatsby come from the side of the house indtead of answering the door to greet them?

Gatsby also was trying to avoid the meeting with Daisy at first. He was saying that there was a mistake and that he didn't invite her. Why did try to avoid meeting Daisy? Was he nervous? Was he hiding something? 

Monday, April 15, 2013

The Great Gatsby Reading Notes: Chap. 4

   In chapter four, Gatsby and Nick went to go eat lunch and Gatsby decides to tell Nick about his past. He was explaining how he grew up wealthy from the Midwest, he claimed to have been educated at Oxford, to have been awarded medals in World War I by multiple European countries and etc. So why does Gatsby tell Nick about his past? What gave him the idea to do that? 

   Also on their way to lunch Gatsby gets pulled over by an officer. When the officer goes up to them he hands him a white card, once the officer sees it he apologizes and then lets them go. What was the white card that Gatsby handed to the officer? How come when the officer saw the card he just let them go? 

The Great Gatsby Reading Notes: Chap. 3

In chapter three Gatsby was throwing another of his parties and decides to invite Nick to it this time. As he shows up to the party he notices that Gatsby was alone, not drinking, and he separated himself from the crowd of guests. Nick was curious because why would Gatsby through these parties and not drink or talk to any of the guests?

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Essay Overview On Brave New World

I felt like for the essay I did terrible because I never really read the book, I sort of just skim through the it. When it came up to the essay I just wrote and reflected on what I remembered which didn't help me much.