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      <title>Michelle Arellano Gatsby Blog by Michelle Arellano</title>
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      <description>Junior English Semester 2</description>
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         <title>Chapter 1 Blog: Teacher Topic</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong><mark>Unfamiliar words</mark></strong><br><strong>Fractiousness</strong><strong><em> - </em></strong>the trait of being hard to influence or control stubborn/irritable<br><strong>Pungent - </strong>having a sharply strong taste or smell.</div><div><strong>Parcelled -</strong> make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it.<br><strong>Supercilious -</strong> behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.<br><br><strong><mark>Colors</mark></strong><br>While i was reading the first chapter of The Great Gatsby i noticed that the color red was being mentioned repeatedly. I think that the color red symbolizes power and strengthens well as love and danger. I also noticed that the color white seemed to be a recurring color. I feel as though the color white represents new beginnings and purity. Lastly another color that kept appearing is the color gold. The color gold could be representing power and wealth.<br><br><strong>Tom Buchanan and my response to the character: <br></strong>“Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shinings, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.” (Fitzgerald page 6).&nbsp;<br>From the begging we know that Tom was given advantages that not most people get. In the second paragraph of chapter one we are told that he is an amazing football player. I don’t want to stereotype football players but they tend to let the fame get to them and they become “supercilious”, one might even say they become arrogant and mean. We are also told that Tom is very wealthy, wealthy people also tend to be supercilious. As I kept reading chapter one it seemed to me like i was right, Tom can be seen as mean, one might even say that he’s dangerous. Throughout the chapter i was proven right because Tom is proven to be dangerous.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-04-01 16:43:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Text to Self</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>From a young age we are told to chase our dreams and that’s exactly what Gatsby did. He was what we call a self made millionaire who lived in a mansion with the most exquisite and valuable things. He had everything a man could ever want, so why is it that he was never happy? The answer to that question is simple, he prioritized money over relationships and quality time with his loved ones. He had every materialistic thing he ever wanted but the one thing he truly desired, to be loved by Daisy Buchanan, he couldn’t have because he never prioritized her and never made her feel loved. In a way I sometimes feel like Gatsby because I tend to prioritize school and getting the best grades possible over my mental health and relationships with others. Much like Gatsby I somewhat have the grades that I want but at the cost of not being able to hangout with my friends and get out of the house. Im very saddened to say that this year i didn’t make any new friends nor did i grow in many relationships because of the fact that i get so caught up with school that i forget that it’s important to go outside and socialize and i feel like Gatsby was also indeed of getting out of his routine of only making money and should have tried to grow his relationship with Daisy.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-16 08:10:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A main theme in The Great Gatsby is love, more important how love does not last. Throughout the entire book we see how Daisy's love for Gatsby dies as she falls in love with Tom whom she no longer loves by the end of the book. The way that Fitzgerald portrays love is the same way that Carolynne Cunningham produced the movie the lovely bones. In the lovely bones the parents of the main character seem to fall out of love when any inconvenience comes their way much like Gatsby and Daisy. Halfway through the movie the mom, Abigail salmon packs her bags and decides to leave the house. This is something that definitely relates back to Daisy because she decided that she no longer loved Gatsby and decided to start over with Tom. The only difference between the salmon's love and the love between Gatsby and Daisy is that the salmon always found a way back to each other, even when they were put through the hardest things in life because they were endgame. On the other hand Daisy and Gatsby were meant to be endgame but if they just didn’t fight hard enough for each other and eventually when they wanted to, it was too late.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-16 08:12:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Test to World </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The book, <em>The Great Gatsby </em>written by Fitzgerald, contributes a world representation of our formed social classes today. The lead character Jay Gatsby is a self proclaimed millionaire and his wild parties and wealth catches the eye of everyone he meets. Gatsby lives a rich and luxurious life which includes speeding, reckless driving, parties, and drinking. A famous scene includes Gatsby getting pulled over for speeding in chapter four. He gets out of the ticket by waving a white card which was given to him after doing the commissioner a favor which suggests the corruption of police. I think this relates to our social class today as the wealthy are above the law and are able to do things middle class or lower cannot. The rich are able to contribute to risky behavior without consequences. This book also shines light on the corruption of officers which is a huge problem in our current decade. Looking back on America’s history, poor communities have faced systematic descrimination. Gatsby, a rich white male, would never have to imagine this descrimination. Social class contributes to the given opportunities in the Great Gatsby and our world, this includes Daisy Buchanan. Her social class was able to give her opportunities no woman was able to obtain in her decade.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-16 09:44:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Movie review </title>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-16 17:13:07 UTC</pubDate>
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