I believe this because:
- Gatsby was wealth and Daisy was attracted to him years later due to the wealth he maintained
- In my opinion, Daisy seemed like a gold digger.
- When Gatsby died no one attended his funeral. Except for his dad, his mailman
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Monday, March 9, 2020
Cue Theme Music
The central message from the Great Gatsby is the domination/choice between wealth and love. Another message would be, live in the moment because the past cannot be changed to obtain the American Dream.
I believe this because:
I believe this because:
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Notes and Thoughts on Gatsby Chapter 5
Tom and Gatsby saw each other in a restaurant.
Tom told Gatsby that Daisy was furious because he hadn't called her.
Tom told Gatsby that Daisy was furious because he hadn't called her.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
GATSBY (pgs. 11-26)
wan: pail
languidly: relaxed but not too relaxed
Hulking:
claret: wine
Daisy looks to a moment but loses it, ad regrets it.
she's self-absorbed
shrilling metallic urgency is the phone ringing while they were at dinner.
*"it'll show you how I've gotten to feel about-- things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Town was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'*
parenterally....?: cutting someone off before they had the chance to say something
What happened at dinner?
What're Tom's problems?
Are these people happy? They're all mysteries
languidly: relaxed but not too relaxed
Hulking:
claret: wine
Daisy looks to a moment but loses it, ad regrets it.
she's self-absorbed
shrilling metallic urgency is the phone ringing while they were at dinner.
*"it'll show you how I've gotten to feel about-- things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Town was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'*
parenterally....?: cutting someone off before they had the chance to say something
What happened at dinner?
What're Tom's problems?
Are these people happy? They're all mysteries
Monday, January 27, 2020
I'M IGNITED
Why do we always have the feeling that we have to
please others?
What caught my attention the mosta bout Jocelyn's question was the whole idea of why we feel that we do have to please others.
Erika: Why do influencers think it’s ok to change our ideas about beauty?
What caught my attention the mosta bout Jocelyn's question was the whole idea of why we feel that we do have to please others.
Erika: Why do influencers think it’s ok to change our ideas about beauty?
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Argue Post
What is Syllogism?
Geometry = you have givens
(which is like a premise)
Therefore
Example: In geometry all lines or objects are 180 degrees
We evaluate to see....
To be updated...
- simplest form of logical argument
Geometry = you have givens
(which is like a premise)
Therefore
Example: In geometry all lines or objects are 180 degrees
We evaluate to see....
- True ("The Truth!") | factual and well verified
To be updated...
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