I believe that this article has many valid points in which I completely agree with. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" still relates to today's society and probably will for many years to come. As humans, it will be natural for the most of us to love the material things. Though some of us may be more humble and thankful for them while others will take them for granted. The article talks about how social networking takes away the intimacy of relationships even as simple as friendships. On social media, it seems like the majority of the time you can't tell if someone one is being completely sincere or not. The majority of the time you will find that 8/10 people want to be "somebody". They'll even go as far as creating a new persona for themselves just like Gatsby did. The article also talks about how people will use someone for their celebrity status just to say they've been to one of their parties or that they know the person. But when that celebrity needs something, those people are nowhere to be found. It's rather sad honestly.
Daisy,
Honey, what is going on? You've gotten yourself into quite the mess. You're in a marriage with a man who is a fan of adultery and have another man who has waited years for you. Gatsby is a man who was willing to take the blame for a crime you committed. Even after what you had said earlier that day about loving Tom as well as him probably broke his heart a little bit. Honestly, you shouldn't have gotten behind the wheel of that car anyway. I'm sure you are well aware that manslaughter is not acceptable- even if the victim was your husband's mistress. You have a big decision to make and now you have blood on your hands whether the police are aware of it or not. Darling your life is a mess. You need to get yourself together if not for you then for your little girl. Best of luck, Bailey Davis It is completely undeniable that from the first page of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and forward, I was absolutely in love with this book. The way is reads is almost like poetry. It flows so well and the exquisite description brings you right into the scene with the other characters. He doesn't have to give lengthy descriptions to show what something looks like in detail for his word choice says it all in just a few words. The story line just keeps getting thicker and thicker and I find myself having to be forced to put the book down so that I don't get too far ahead of the class. It's so easy to become wrapped up in this story. There's so much to find out. What's going to happen with Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle? What's Gatsby's big secret? There are so many questions to be answered in so few pages. With the reading thus far, I believe I may have found my new favorite book.
Literature plays a huge part in teaching people about what has happened in the past and how some things have stayed the same throughout the years. Writer's like Mark Twain used their works to show how people were treated and the language that was used in those time periods. Twain uses the exact language that was used in his time and shows how people from other races were treated so terribly and called such distasteful names. Reading works from the 1800's and 1900's can help people see how far we have come with the issue of racism. Yes, racism is still a prominent issue today and we as a society still have a long way to go, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was then. Literature helps educate people on what has happened in the past and what we can do now and in the future to improve our ways. People say that it's society that needs to change, but what they forget is that we are society. We are the ones who need to change. We are the future.
Response to this article. While looking at the list of the top 100 most frequently challenged books, I was honestly surprised that I had heard of and read so many of them. 30 books to be exact. A few examples being The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer both by Mark Twain, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling, and Cujo by Stephen King. Personally, I find it wonderful that my school allows its students to read these books freely and teachers about them in the classroom. I don't think books should be allowed to be banned at all. If you don't like the subject matter of a book or some of the language it contains then you shouldd just not read it. What someone shouldn't be able to do is ban others from reading it because maybe the subject doesn't bother them as much. Schools shouldn't ban books, but rather just not teach the ones they're uncomfortable with. These books should still be offered to read in the library at the readers discretion.
Response to this article. There's always something exciting about reading articles about someone finding hidden or lost works by deceased artist's and writer's. The discovery of the first half of the original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is equally as exciting. The simple fact that this piece of writing has survived this many years and is still intact is just mind blowing. There's no telling what this piece of writing has been through in that trunk. It would be more than interesting to be able to go to the library that this now complete manuscript is and just see it. Not necessarily touch it or read it, since I'm sure they have it locked up, but it would be amazing to be able to say that you have seen the original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in person.
Response to this article. It's no surprise that there are people who would much rather have a censored version of Huckleberry Finn. Especially since so many people are uncomfortable with the use of the 'n'-word. Although if you look at the big picture of history, there's a lot of things that make a lot of people uncomfortable. The language used in the book is true to the time period. Censoring that is like censoring a part of history and making it seem like it's something it's not. This 'n'-word is indeed a foul word that sounds bitter on the tongue of plenty of people. As long as teachers teach their students to not use the word in a hurtful manner or outside of the classroom when they're not reading Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer, I think it's fine for it to remain in the book and that it honestly shouldn't be an issue.
Response to this article. I believe that Brian Williams suspension from the network is warranted. He is supposed to report honest and accurate news, but failed to do so. Even with the excuse that the event he was reporting on happened twelve years ago, a good reporter would have gone back and researched the event again. Just to make sure what he was telling the viewers was accurate.
There were a few challenges when construscting this I-Search paper. being in a group was difficult because only one ofo us had the source sheets at a time and we kept forgetting to take pictures of them, so if we needed to work on the paper outside of school it was difficult. I had a personal issue with the paper and that almost every time I added something to it, the other members of my group would go in and change it completely so I felt like my "voice" wasn't present in the piece. I'm not nervous about the debates at all. Kind of surprising coming from the girl who freaks out over any speech she has to do. I feel that all of us have been working hard and educating ourselves on our topics so we will be able to have formidable and educated debates. I don't think that the audience should determine who the winner and loser are of the debates. I feel like the point of the debates should be educating the audience on these topics so that they can form their own opinions. Most people think they have general understanding of cloning until they actually research the topic. There is much more information and plenty more animals to know about other than a sheep named Dolly.
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