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The ideas in the text relate to my own life well. Similar to Gatsby's life, my family at one point didn't have too much money. My father was the only one who was working and my mom would watch me and my brother. As time went by, my mom decided to get a job just to help the family income rise. So then it would just be my older brother and me at home. Parents never had a car at that time so we had to walk everywhere or get taxis if the weather was extreme or rough. Once I hit middle school, my family started to rise at a positive rate. We got out of the low-class situation and now sit in a wealthy/ middle class. To look back at it and reflect on it now just makes me think about gratitude.

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The story relates to the world in many ways. The events that happen in the book are relatable to some people. For example, Daisy loves another man that she isn't married to. The story relates to the real world in a way of being rich or poor. At the beginning of the book, Gatsby starts with having nothing too much. And life didn't go his way once he dropped out of  St. Olaf College. After that, he had to get a job and worked as a janitor to pay off his tuition. Now, this relates to the real world because some people have a similar story to him. Some people start with nothing. In other words, they are poor and barely have enough to pay their rent. Others drop out of college because of student debt or because it's hard. After the dropout, they apply to work at McDonald's or Taco Bell, etc..

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The text in the great gatsby reminds me of many books, and movies. So many but one in particular is a book. The book is the Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton. The book is about class structure and culture of 1870's America. Like great gatsby, the book also explores themes such as class and wealth and, similar to The Great Gatsby, where and when certain people obtained their wealth.

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the book talks about "the american dream" in the beginning of the book. it said, "the American Dream is the hope that anyone can earn success if they work hard enough". Gatsby's love for Daisy led him to achieve extravagant wealth. In the sense of rising up social rank and obtaining financial success, Gatsby achieved the American Dream. Gatsby himself seem like someone in pursuit of the American Dream, and for him the personification of that dream is Daisy.

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the cover of the book has a lot of meaning after reading the book. and it all starts to add up. The irises of the eyes with nude women lounging in them represent Jay Gatsby’s views about and future with Daisy Buchanan. They also represent the wealthy, since this book strips away their outer shell and shows their true nature. The eyes and the lips also represent Daisy. The green tear represents the green light. And lastly, the blinding lights and signs represent the “roaring” 20’s and Jay Gatsby’s huge parties, just a big charade to get Daisy to love him again.

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in chapter 7 we read about how Gatsby fell in love with Daisy and the wealth she represents. and we all wonder if daisy loved him. soon to find out tha she does not. Gatsby is not actually in love with Daisy either. ... Gatsby is a way to get back at her husband for cheating on her. She is impressed by Gatsby's money but at the same time she cannot admit she never loved her husband. fitzgerald connects love with gatsby's dream. He says Gatsby's dream of love symbolizes the death of love itself. His love towards Daisy and his affinity and admiration of her seems too much idealized, and, therefore, futile, and unreal. The Great Gatsby is a sentimental novel that suggests many dreams, and one of which is certainly the American dream.

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In chapter 6, we know that gatsby tells nick that he was the son of wealthy people from San Francisco, his family died leaving him money, he went to Oxford, then he went around the world living an extravagant life style. his actions as a young man describe many things. what changedhim was when he moves to New York City to great away from his life in the west. But then as we read through, he just wants to get away from all the drama that is going on, especially between Tom, Gatsby, and Daisy.

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The green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." i think the green light stands for being lucky or wealth. being lucky is reasonable because daisy wants to be with gatsby and the green light could be a symbol of her being lucky. another word that can be descibed for the green light is hope. for example, Nick first sees Gatsby stretching his arms towards a green light at the end of Daisy's dock. Here, the green light is a symbol of hope. another example of hope is after meeting up with Daisy in chapter five, the light ceases to be the emblem it once was. "the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever... now it was again a green light on a dock."

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one thing i noticed when reading that was implied about Gatsby based on who Mr. Wolfsheim is when Gatsby tells Mr. Wolfsheim ""this isn't the man" . Those words implies that Gatsby may have some ties to the criminal world, as he is dining with a criminal, and was expected to arrange a meeting between one of associates and Mr. Wolfsheim about "business". in other words, this means that they are involved in illegal business schemes together.

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Jordan's take on the car accident showed many things. When she says she is a bad driver, she shows that he is dishonest and that he has misdirected and carelessly crashed their relationship. She thinks that Nick doesn't love and care about her and their relationship. This shows how careless she is about others and how dishonest she is. When it comes to the social class in the book, it indicates that the rich and middle class are at high standards. However, for the poor, it shows that they are worthless people. Nick is the only character that can “pass” more than one social class. He is the only character that has a background in the middle class. I think he can “pass” more than once social class because he was invited to the party.

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One thing i noticed when reading was the conflict between catherine and nick . It started at their apartment when nick meets Myrtle's sister who is catherine. while talking with nick about gatbsy, catherine rants to nick about toms relationship with myrtle. she talks about tom wanting to leave his wife but cannot because of her religeon. Catherine claims that myrtle is catholic.  "Catherine leaned close to me and whispered in my ear: “Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to”. “Can’t STAND them.” She looked at Myrtle and then at Tom. “What I say is, why go on living with them if they can’t stand them? If I was them I’d get a divorce and get married to each other right away”. “It’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart. She’s a Catholic and they don’t believe in divorce.”

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unfamiliar words

Gruff husky tenor: Being troublesome or quarrelsome

“His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.”

pungent: having a sharply strong taste or smell.

“ a half-acre deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore”

abruptly: suddenly and unexpectedly.

“He turned me around again, politely and abruptly. Well go inside”

Ajar: (of a door or other opening) slightly open.

“The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house.”

effeminate :(of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.
"Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body"

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chapter one blog: Tom Buchanan - April 1st, 2021

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chapter one blog: Tom Buchanan - April 1st, 2021

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Colors:

when reading the chapter, I noticed that many colors were written. For example, there was white, red-and-white, gold, Rosey colored, and wine-colored. when colors are written, they can be written in any form. One way it can be written is in a way of showing or expressing emotion. Red can mean passion and love as well as anger and danger. White is often associated with weddings, hospitals, and angels and is often used to convey a sense of purity, cleanliness, and peacefulness. Gold can be expressed as somebody's wealth, passion, magic, and wisdom.

Tom Buchanan:

Tom Buchanan is a wealthy man. He has many physical accomplishments. For example, he played football at Yale University and was a star. However, he was an aggressive person.     "Two shinings, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.” (11)

My response about the character:

From just reading the second paragraph of chapter one, I can see some qualities of tom already. When it said he played football and was a star at it, we can assume that he was big and mean or very cocky. I say this because some of the football players that are overhyped or good can be mean or cocky. Another thing is his wealthiness. A lot of rich people can be mean and underlie all the other people that aren't the same as them