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      <title>Gatsby Blog by Drew Mowbray</title>
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      <description>Drew Mowbray</description>
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         <title>Chapter 1: Tom Buchan Characterization </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Throughout this chapter, I was very impressed with how this book started off with great character depth and origin on Nick Caraway. Chapter 1 starts off from a narrating point of view from Nick Caraway. Nick numerous times throughout the chapter explains how his family raised him and how he developed skills from his parents, " Most of the confidences were unsought--frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions". This chapter also brought attention to where Nicks's future is leading to. Nicks's plans were to head East, and everybody in his circle supported him. Nick was also describing how he served in WW1. During Chapter 1 Nick also explains how he used to live and was originally from the Midwest. The Midwest was very special for Nick because it was where he learned everything he needed to know to become a hard-working and self-motivated individual. Lastly, I was very fond of how Nick handles himself in difficult situations. There are not a lot of people who have Nick's frame of mind in terms of perspective.<br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-04-01 19:09:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 1: Student Choice Blog </title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Throughout Chapter 1 I noticed very small but powerful which was Mental Toughness. We as readers understood what it took to put ourselves in a successful position. However, nobody talks about the behind-the-scenes and the " Mental Toughness" that it really takes to put yourself in a successful position. In Chapter 1, I got a lot of origins and real passionate information on who Nick really is and what his goals are as a human being. The mind-space that you have to have to not only be a part of World War 1 but survive it takes a lot of Mental Toughness. Nick shows a lot of "Mental Toughness" in my opinion, " Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe--so I decided to go East and learn the bond business". Also, I was very impressed to see how Disciplined Nick was throughout Chapter 1. Nick's family bloodline " The Caraways" has a very detailed and eye-opening origin. Nick also knew what he wanted to do in his life. A lot of people in his life tried to stop him from doing what he loves, but he never stopped believing in himself.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentgleeson/2020/08/25/8-powerful-ways-to-cultivate-extreme-self-discipline/?sh=679a2135182d" />
         <pubDate>2021-04-01 19:12:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 2: (Setting)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In this very detailed chapter I have found out a lot about East Egg, West Egg, Valley of Ashes, and New York City. These locations are very unique and/or very dreadful for all the characters in the book in some way, shape, or form. For example, the Valley of Ashes is in the middle of West Egg and New York City. The Valley of Ashes is where people dump the Ashes and Trash from all around New York City. New York City is a unique and Powerful City with places that people can only dream of in my opinion. West Egg is a place where the new and more wealthier citizens around New York City live around at. East Egg is the exact opposite if West Egg and is very poor and old fashioned in how people can make money there. The Character that is associated with West Egg is Jay Gatsby. The Charcters that are associated with East Egg are Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy. The Character that is mostly associated with the Valley of Ashes is Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. Lastly, the Characters that are associated with New York City are all of the Characters are in The Great Gatsby. One Character that changed in different settings in my opinion was Tom Buchanan. Tom throughout Chapter 2 learned a little more about himself than he would've liked to in Chapter 2. Tom in East Egg was a very dedicated and hard working person who had big dreams for his life. However, when Tom went over to West Egg he slowly turned into a different person. Tom was being arrogant and distrustful to the people that he loved. The significance that I find in the connections about Tom was when he was very polite to his Wife Daisy in East Egg and now Tom is very disrespectful to his Wife Daisy in West Egg now.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-04-19 05:23:37 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Student Choice Chapter 2: (Setting)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>During Chapter 2 I was finding out very quickly that this chapter was relating to some people I used to interact with. Throughout Chapter 2 the main point was change. As a teenager everything is changing. This Chapter reminded me that change can be a god thing and a and thing. For example, you can describe 4 different people and who they used to be when you met them. Eventually, you would explain to someone how these 4 people chawed and how you noticed these changes that those four people didn't even realize. Another factor of change can be what you notice around you as you are growing up. When your a child you just listen to your parents and do as they say like every child should. As you start to grow up, you realize that that playground you used to play on changed colors, or that ice cream place you used to eat at all the time closed down. Lastly, change happens in everybody lives. It can breed opportunity and create great things mentally and physically. All in All, In Chapter 2 all of these characters are changing and its only the beginning of where these characters will end up at by the end.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://tinybuddha.com/blog/13-ways-to-change-when-life-changes-around-you/" />
         <pubDate>2021-04-19 05:37:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 3: (Themes)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>What Jordan’s take is on car accidents is that she does not like them. Jordan has seen and experienced car crashes before and she does not like seeing people get into them as well. What people say about Jordan as a character overall is how rude and arrogant she is. People do not respect Jordans personality because it is very snarky and impolite. Jordans personality is also very disloyal due to her suspect relationship with Nick. The two characters truly do have feelings for each other but Jordan was never respectful with Nick in the first place. Jordan has also cheated on Nick with someone at her golf tournament. Nick for some reason also does not want to leave Jordan because he sees something in her that nobody else does. What this implies about Jordans social class is that she is a simple middle class woman who only cares about herself. Jordan is also a middle class person because of how she was raised. Her motives and personality have a way of reaching people like Nick. Lastly, I think that Jordan has a lot of karma coming her way. In my opinion, I think that certain characters are not&nbsp; able to "pass" in more than one social class.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-04-26 06:18:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Student Choice Blog: Chapter 3</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me about Chapter 3 is growth. Growth is a very misconstrued thing that people tend to forget about. Growth happens to everyone around the world. Some people might like Growth, and others might not like it as much as others. In chapter 3 Nick is trying to see that Jordan is this really cool and really nice person when in reality she is nothing but a fake person who is manipulating him. Situations like this mean that you have to grow out of that relationship. This also relates to me about growth because of how myself has grown as a person throughout my life. I have grown mentally and physically whether I was ready to or not. Growth is very important because we can learn from our mistakes and we can learn how to be better people as well. Growth can also affect someone's life in a good way and/or in a bad way. For example, you could have a lot of friends where you live and everything in life could be going great for you but then, you have to move out of nowhere. Another example of growth can be how you didn't know how to ride a bike at all your first time riding it, but then over time you learn more and more how to ride that bike and you finally know how to ride that bike better than anyone else. All in all, growth can be a weird thing, but you have to go through it to be who you are today. That is how Growth relates to Chapter 3 in my opinion.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-angry-therapist/201612/how-grow-person-no-matter-what-youre-going-through" />
         <pubDate>2021-04-26 06:20:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 4: (Characterization)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>What new information is implied about Gatsby based on who Mr. Wolfsheim is how much of an in some way, Mr. Gatsby was a crime lord? We all learned as readers that Mr. Gatsby is this very mysterious and positive man, but nobody ever knew why he was this way. In Chapter 4, we finally get that closure and understand that Gatsby has had a very mysterious life of crime with Mr. Wolfsheim. This compares/contrasts with the image Gatsby is trying to project to others by Gatsby simply just not saying who he keeps saying he is. In my opinion, I think Gatsby is a liar and not a good person. It is very interesting to think that you know somebody so well and then gets lied to right in front of your face. I thought Gatsby was generally a weird guy who just liked to throw big parties for the fun of it. However, that is not the case. Lastly, just learning about Gatsby as a character and how he is so unique from all of the other characters makes a lot more sense knowing that he was involved in crime life with Meyer Wolfsheim. That is what compares/contrasts with the image Gatsby is trying to project to others.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-04 05:53:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 4 Student Choice Blog:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me about Chapter 4 is choosing which path you want to be on. In Chapter 4, we start to gain a glimpse of why Gatsby is "Gatsby. We all learn that Gatsby was a part of something much bigger, Crime life. This relates to me because I have seen people go down "paths" What I mean by this is that I have literally seen people go through a great path and I have seen people go threw a bad path. A good and a bad path is pretty self-explanatory. I feel like these "paths" relate to me throughout my life is because when you go down a good or bad path, it always explains why you are the way you are. Throughout reading this book, I have seen characters that are on a good and bad path. Gatsby though In my opinion is right in the middle of what path he wants to go on. I honestly feel like Gatsby will choose to be on a good path because I think it would be such a good character development ending for Gatsby because of how weird and self absorbent he is at the beginning of The Great Gatsby. That is what relates to me in Chapter 4.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-04 06:11:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 5: (Symbol)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Gatsby explains what the green light stands for in a variety of different ways. Gatsby describes very thoroughly how he and Daisy were supposed to be meaner for each other and how the green light identifies that this is the perfect moment for Gatsby and Daisy to start their passionate relationship. What I think stands beyond what Gatsby thinks the green light is is that green light could mean that it time to go. Obviously, green means go but this could also mean to go do that thing that you have always wanted to do, or go do that crazy thing that you think no one else will do. To simplify this, I think that s green light could just be a sign to get up and go do that one thing that you have wanted to do. The color green reflects Gatsby by the color green shaping Gatsby personally. Gatsby is a one hundred percent go big or go, home guy, every single day, so that is what green reflects about Gatsby in my opinion. The color green has been used for a lot of different things worldwide for generations and the color green has also been used for famous events like the color of a Christmas tree or representing the color of a country. Those are some mere examples of what the color green has represented culturally to the world.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-09 19:45:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 5 Student Choice Blog: </title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me in Chapter 5 is commitment. All throughout this chapter, it's more of the same stuff involving Gatsby, Dias, and Nick. What makes this chapter so intriguing is how much Gatsby commits his own time thinking about Daisy and wanting the best for her and going out of his way to provide for Daisy. Gatsby has always been a very motivated character and all I can think about when I think of Jay Gatsby is commitment. Gatsby's dissent has to throw all of those parties and Gatsby doesn't have to commit his time to try to get Daisy to love him. What Gatsby does is nothing short of weird, which is something I know everyone can agree on. Gatsby's desert cares about what anybody thinks of him and it makes everyone else in the book look like fools when they are even thinking of having a chance with Gatsby. Lastly, this chapter relates to commitment in my opinion because Gatsby works hard every single day to be closer and closer to Daisy. Gatsby doesn't think that without committing all of his blood, sweat, and tears to Daisy, he will never ever have a chance with being with her. That is why I think Gatsby is a very committed person to Daisy and that is why I think that commitment relates to Chapter 5.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-09 20:07:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 6: (Characterization)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Gatsby's family/upbringing differs from the one he originally describes to Nick by Gatsby describing to Nick that he was just a regular boy doing normal activates like going to school and playing tag with his friends. This is not at all what Gatsby's childhood really was. Gatsby's childhood was full of mischief and terrible environments. What Gatsby's actions/choices as a young man reveal about his character traits and motivations is that Gatsby knows how to persuade the truth. What I mean by this is is Gatsby is very talented when it comes to bending the truth. In "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby is portrayed as very mysterious and difficult to read. A lot of these early suspicions make sense now because of how Gatsby has been raised. In my opinion, I believe that Gatsby does not tell Nick the truth a lot because of how many tough and unthinkable situations Gatsby has been ever since he was a child. Gatsby has also been around a lot of weird people and I feel like that is another reason why Gatsby is the way he is and he doesn't tell the truth. Those are the actions/choices as a young man that reveal Gat about his character traits and motivations&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-19 04:44:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 6 Student Choice Blog:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/dmowbray2022_3/ldcmrdp55ja20w9h/wish/1538338899</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me in this chapter is respect. Respect relates to me in this chapter because Gatsby throughout the story has respected his so-called "opponents". He has respected Tom for being with Daisy and he has also respected Nick for trying to keep Gatsby away from Daisy. Gatsby has learned that he has to earn respect from people who are around Gatsby to even try and socialize with Daisy herself. Gatsby has also learned how to treat Daisy and how to be respectful to her which can be very hard for some people such as Gatsby. Gatsby throughout his life has been through hard and challenging times and as a reader, I have to respect where he has come from and how where he has been shaking him up into the person he is today. Gatsby has also learned to compete with people who want the same thing he wants which is to be with Daisy. Lastly, I am also very impressed with how long Gatsby has kept his cool </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-05-19 05:14:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 7: (Theme)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In my opinion, I do think that Gatsby loves Daisy. The reason why I think Gatsby loves Daisy is that from the very beginning of the story, Gatsby has seen Daisy as a very unique and beautiful woman. I do think that Tom loves Daisy. Tom may treat Daisy way differently than Gatsby, but he still loves her just as much as Gatsby does. I think that Nick doesn't love anyone. I don't think Nick loves anyone because of how much of a facilitator Nick has been in " The Great Gatsby"&nbsp; more than anything else and I just don't think Nick really found any loving connections in "The Great Gatsby". Love is something unique that can be used for you and against you. "Love" in "The Great Gatsby" has been nothing short of insane decisions and disturbing interactions. "Love" can also be very dramatic and can bring and uprise a lot of emotions. For example, we know how bad of a person Tom is to Daisy, but since they are married and he "loves" her, it can bring a lot of good and bad things to a person. "Love" can also test a person on how to resist temptation and how to respectfully treat your partner. What Fitzgerald is saying about "Love" is that he likes the rush and excitement about giving pleasure to your partner. Fitzgerald does not really care fr all of the feelings and true emotions of "Love". That is what Fitzgerald is saying about "Love".</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.lovepanky.com/love-couch/romantic-love/what-love-really-feels-like" />
         <pubDate>2021-05-24 03:01:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 7 Student Choice Blog:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me in this chapter is passion. What I mean by passion is seeing how focused and driven all of these characters are to achieve different goals. A lot of these goals do revolve around Gatsby and Daisy but there are a lot of different reasons why the characters in "The Great Gatsby" are chasing after Gatsby and Daisy. Nick, Tom, Jordan are all very passionate characters and care for what they want in a partner. All of these characters are passionate about getting their partner by whatever means necessary. When someone is passionate about something, they don't care what anyone else does or what anyone else thinks. A passionate person just pushes and pushes until they are exhausted and then they do the exact same thing the next day. It is a truly frightening sight when someone is passionate about something because there is no point in trying to get in their way. I also think that passion is just something that is attainable for everyone if that person puts in enough time and effort. Lastly, this chapter relates to me through passion because I see myself as someone who is passionate and t read this book every day and to see how passionate the characters are such as Gatsby, Daisy, Nick, etc. It is really impressive to see a lot of passionate characters thrive in what they believe in and how these characters are passionate and hungry to achieve their goals. That is how passion relates to me in this chapter.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.elitedaily.com/money/entrepreneurship/10-things-that-truly-passionate-people-do-differently" />
         <pubDate>2021-05-24 03:20:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 8 Blog: (Theme)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The image on the cover conveys key aspects of the story by the giant face symbolizing everyone in the story. The giant face on the cover of the story symbolizes everyone in the story because it gives an in-depth perspective on who these characters really are and how serious all of these characters can be. The cover of the book also has a bright picture of the city which holds many events that were taken in "The Great Gatsby". The city all in all was a place where many physical and mental battles were held during the story of " The Great Gatsby". I also feel like the city gave all of the characters more variety in terms of where they can est and have conversations. I have also noticed that the cover of the book seems to look like a woman. This woman in my opinion has to be none other than, Daisy. Daisy's role in "The Great Gatsby" was so impactful and honest. Daisy was a character who could change the whole arc of the story with one small decision like where she was going to sleep. Daisy's role also had other characters make crucial decons that were very important in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.&nbsp;Lastly, as a reader of this book, it makes a lot more sense why someone like Daisy would be on the cover of " The Great Gatsby". That is how the image on the cover conveys key aspects of the story.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-01 04:57:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 8 Student Choice Blog:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me in this chapter is a mystery. The reason why mystery relates to me in this chapter is that throughout this chapter, we have been wondering what will happen to Tom, Gatsby, Daisy, etc. I also feel like mystery relates to me in this chapter because life itself is a mystery. Nobody knows where they are going to end up in life no matter how much they try to get to that one spot. You could have everything planned out since you were a little kid about where you want to go and you still wouldn't know if you would end up there or not. Throughout this story and every page I type, I don't know what's going to happen to who, but I keep reading because I have to or else I won't know what will happen. This relation between mystery and " The Great Gatsby" can be compared to life because if you don't keep pushing forward and working hard or/and "finding out that mystery", you will never know what could have been. I think a lot of kids struggle with that because they just don't know how to find the courage to move forward and explore the mysteries of their potential. That is why mystery relates to me in this chapter.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-01 05:18:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chapter 9 Blog: (Theme)</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>What this novel says about the American dream is that anyone can achieve it. The American Dream summarizes that you have to work hard to achieve something. Throughout this story we have learned that each character will work relentlessly to achieve their own American dream. For example, Gatsby's American dream was to get the girl of his dreams and live a happy life. Another character that wanted to have an American dream was Daisy and that was to have a secure and healthy relationship. What this novel also says about the American dream was that bonding with one another is really important. Wolfsheim was very fond of that saying and understood throughout his lifetime that life is better when you have a better bond with your with then someone your with and don't have a bond with "Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead". This "American dream" that all of the characters are so fixated on was really a distraction for all of their development in my opinion. Characters like Myrtle, Gatsby, and Nick were trying so hard to achieve their "American dream" that they lost sight of themselves. Lastly, Daisy described how Gatsby and her first met in the mansion which was kind of cool, " It makes me sad because i have never seen such beautiful shirt before". That is what this novel says about&nbsp;the American dream.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://projectlifemastery.com/achieve-your-goals/" />
         <pubDate>2021-06-07 05:54:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title> Chapter 9 Student Choice Blog:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Something that relates to me in this chapter is dignity. Every single character in this book had a goal and not one of them achieved it. To do something and not achieve it either means you tried really hard or you didn't do anything to achieve that goal. All of the characters in this book showed their dignity by getting back up when they fell. When things didn't go well fr these characters, they all rose above the heavy challenges that came with their goals and faced it like true Men and Women.&nbsp;Personally, I have never read a book where every single character shows a lot of dignity and pride. It is a very rare thing to see. I liked the ending of the book so much as well because all of these characters went out with Dignity. It was definitely sad to see all of these characters die, but it made sense to see how their actions time and tie again lead them there. This chapter also was creative because it shows a lot of perspective from Nicks's point of view since he was one of the only characters still alive. Lastly, I was very impressed to see how Nick told his point of view of everything that happened in "The Great Gatsby". That is something that related to me in this chapter.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://dignityandrespect.org/the-30-tips-of-dignity-respect/" />
         <pubDate>2021-06-07 06:23:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Text to Self: </title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/dmowbray2022_3/ldcmrdp55ja20w9h/wish/1600192214</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The ideas in this text relate to my own life by making smarter choices in life. If I was in love with someone I would tell the person how I would feel and let the person I'm telling my feelings to make the decision of whether she wants to be with me or not. The choice should be hers to make not man. In "The Great Gatsby" this was not the case because Gatsby was almost forcing Daisy to tell Tom that she didn't love him when she really loved both of them all along. The ideas in this text relate to my own ideas in life by making constant decisions every day to be better than I was yesterday. All of these characters didn't really thrive to make themselves better every day, but it sure cost all of them in the end. All in all, Gatsby should have controlled himself more with Daisy and should have been more rational with her as well. Lastly, the ideas in this text relate to my experiences by always picking the right decision in life no matter how hard that decision is. A great example of this is when George killed Gatsby. George shouldn't have done that because he ended up killing himself and ending his life in a terrible way. Even if the love of his life got murdered in cold blood, there is still no excuse for killing the man who did it.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://today.duke.edu/2020/09/how-make-smarter-decisions" />
         <pubDate>2021-06-11 03:03:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Text to Text:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/dmowbray2022_3/ldcmrdp55ja20w9h/wish/1600212020</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The ideas in this text remind me of another situation I have seen growing up. I have seen one girl and two boys who know of that same girl. The boys frequently hang out with her at different times and have built a connection with the girl. The girl flirts with both of them and makes each of the boys their friend. The girl ultimately has to choose one boy and the boy that does not get picked will go on in a spiral of emotions. It's really interesting to see one event crate emotions that you didn't even know you had. These certain "Love" situations have happened a lot throughout my life. I have seen a lot of them and they all end the same way which is no one wins. Nobody wins these situations because all of the decisions that these people are making are based on pure emotion. This Is why this text reminds me of "love" situations. In "The Great Gatsby" there was a lot of emotion happening during the movie/book. There was so much emotion that some characters couldn't control themselves and would hurt others or themselves. That is what this text reminds me of.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://tinybuddha.com/blog/when-relationships-change-growing-together-not-apart/" />
         <pubDate>2021-06-11 03:14:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Text to World:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/dmowbray2022_3/ldcmrdp55ja20w9h/wish/1600239594</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The ideas in this text relate to the larger world by showing us as the audience how an emotional person ends up. An emotional person in my opinion is someone who cares about what somebody else thinks and doesn't take time for themselves. An emotional person can be a liability or/and somebody who you cannot trust. An emotional person can also be unstable. This all relates to the larger world because being emotional all the time will get you into trouble all the time. Gatsby, for example, was a mysterious man who was really throwing a lot of sprites beau he wanted to marry and run off with a girl who he hasn't seen in 5 years. It is very unique for someone to do something like that. Gatsby at the end of "The Great Gatsby" got killed because of his emotions for Daisy. Emotional people sometimes don't have a goal in life so they try to make everyone else's life worse. Most people also don't just try to talk about how great they are to somebody else. That is exactly what Gatsby did to Tom in the city. The point is if you are too emotional in the larger world, you are going to be living very rough.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="https://www.healthline.com/health/why-am-i-so-emotional-2#:~:text=Emotions%20are%20normal%2C%20but%20sometimes%20after%20an%20outburst,health%20condition%2C%20such%20as%20depression%20or%20hormones.%201." />
         <pubDate>2021-06-11 03:30:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Great Gatsby Blog Review Final:</title>
         <author>dmowbray2022_3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/dmowbray2022_3/ldcmrdp55ja20w9h/wish/1600292816</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JYLLy6nGE4_cGCmBFdN_p8yuqxBNxLRmIzg7IMMvhRQ/edit?usp=sharing</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-11 04:06:03 UTC</pubDate>
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