Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Words of the day
Affable: Jayce was no longer affable when she found out she had a quiz
Exasperate: Mr. Fielding Exasperated Jayce when pretend to give her a quiz all class period.
Exasperate: Mr. Fielding Exasperated Jayce when pretend to give her a quiz all class period.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Words of the day
rendezvous - Jayce and anna planned a rendezvous at polly's house with out her knowing.
indulgence - Anna's indulgence in the icecream was sickening.
prestigious - Jayce was a Prestigious girl who was missed by all when she left for haines
prominent - Jayce was the prominent leader of the class.
indulgence - Anna's indulgence in the icecream was sickening.
prestigious - Jayce was a Prestigious girl who was missed by all when she left for haines
prominent - Jayce was the prominent leader of the class.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Video Questions 1-7 (sorry fielding, forgot to post)
1.
Capitalism – Tom,
Southern tradition - Daisy
Middle class - Nick
Lower class – George, Myrtle,
Midwest – good calm
East – power and corruption
2.
• I would want to belong to more of a middle class because it would actually show that you worked harder for your money, rather than just inheriting it. People who actually put hard work into things are well rounded and would have better opportunities.
3.
• The Valley of Ashes represents the death of the American Dream.
• The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg are the eyes of God. They are on a billboard in the valley of ashes.
• The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s hope for him and daisy being together one day.
• The mantle clock represents Gatsby’s connection to time. He wants to stop time and go live in the past. When he is sitting there talking with daisy in Nicks house, where they were reacquainted for the first time in years, his mind goes back to before he left for the military and how happy they were. Then when the clock falls, it shows that he can’t go back in time and that he is living in the present.
• She came from a wealthy family, which can be why her voice is “full of money”. And Gatsby starts to think that she is just staying with tom because of his money, so when she says she is staying with him her voice is being full of money.
4. Tom is old money. He is a racist and very controlling. He is also a womanizer and has cheated on Daisy with several women since they have been married.
Gatsby is new money. He wants Daisy more than anything else and he genuinely cares about her. He is one of, if not the only, nice character in the novel.
5. Daisy loves Gatsby, but she wont leave Tom because he has money, which makes her feel safe. When you love someone, which is all that is supposed to matter, as long as you are together. This shows that the American Dream is corrupted by the desire and security of money, and it manages to ruin the one pure thing in the world. Another example is the World Series in 1919, thrown by Wolfsheim. Baseball was an innocent sport and represented the American dream. But when Wolfsheim Gambled and brought money into the equation, he corrupted it.
6.
• In the Jazz age, everything was going, going, going. Great music, people were cheerful, there were movie stars and glamour. Much like how Gatsby’s parties are ran. He has party’s all the time (mostly to attract Daisy), and all sorts of people from West Egg, East Egg and New York come and just have a good time.
7.
• In New York City, a places where dreams meet reality. Tom knows where Gatsby gets his money from and so Daisy isn’t strong enough to take the risk and leave the security of Tom’s money for Gatsby.
Capitalism – Tom,
Southern tradition - Daisy
Middle class - Nick
Lower class – George, Myrtle,
Midwest – good calm
East – power and corruption
2.
• I would want to belong to more of a middle class because it would actually show that you worked harder for your money, rather than just inheriting it. People who actually put hard work into things are well rounded and would have better opportunities.
3.
• The Valley of Ashes represents the death of the American Dream.
• The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg are the eyes of God. They are on a billboard in the valley of ashes.
• The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s hope for him and daisy being together one day.
• The mantle clock represents Gatsby’s connection to time. He wants to stop time and go live in the past. When he is sitting there talking with daisy in Nicks house, where they were reacquainted for the first time in years, his mind goes back to before he left for the military and how happy they were. Then when the clock falls, it shows that he can’t go back in time and that he is living in the present.
• She came from a wealthy family, which can be why her voice is “full of money”. And Gatsby starts to think that she is just staying with tom because of his money, so when she says she is staying with him her voice is being full of money.
4. Tom is old money. He is a racist and very controlling. He is also a womanizer and has cheated on Daisy with several women since they have been married.
Gatsby is new money. He wants Daisy more than anything else and he genuinely cares about her. He is one of, if not the only, nice character in the novel.
5. Daisy loves Gatsby, but she wont leave Tom because he has money, which makes her feel safe. When you love someone, which is all that is supposed to matter, as long as you are together. This shows that the American Dream is corrupted by the desire and security of money, and it manages to ruin the one pure thing in the world. Another example is the World Series in 1919, thrown by Wolfsheim. Baseball was an innocent sport and represented the American dream. But when Wolfsheim Gambled and brought money into the equation, he corrupted it.
6.
• In the Jazz age, everything was going, going, going. Great music, people were cheerful, there were movie stars and glamour. Much like how Gatsby’s parties are ran. He has party’s all the time (mostly to attract Daisy), and all sorts of people from West Egg, East Egg and New York come and just have a good time.
7.
• In New York City, a places where dreams meet reality. Tom knows where Gatsby gets his money from and so Daisy isn’t strong enough to take the risk and leave the security of Tom’s money for Gatsby.
Words of the day
Mesmerize (V) Anna was able to mesmerize the security guard with her beauty while Jayce and Rori snuck into the icecream factory
Sardonic (adj) Anna's sardonic attitude started to annoy Mapi.
Sardonic (adj) Anna's sardonic attitude started to annoy Mapi.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Word of the day
Fractiousness (N) - Anna's Fractiousness at the party got her beaten up and kicked out.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Words of the day
infinitesimal - Anna was jealous of Mapi's infinitesimal physique.
supercilious - Anna's supercilious attitude causes people to resent her.
supercilious - Anna's supercilious attitude causes people to resent her.
Chapter 2 questions 1-14
1) it is halfway between West Egg and New York, and it is a farm where ashes build up, like an old industrial site. Everything is grey, and it symbolizes shadow of death.
2) They are the eyes of God. His face is on a billboard, they are watching everything and they see everything, even though there is no one there.
3) Spiritless, Anemic, faintly hansom. His wife, Myrtle Wilson, is kind of opposite because she is so lively. She walks by him like he is dead and metaphorically he is.
4) New York is the place where dreams hit reality. Every time they go there their dreams run into reality. Myrtle dream disappears in New York and realizes Tom will never leave Daisy for her. And Tom smacks Myrtle in the face and breaks her nose.
5) It is a gossip magazine, it symbolizes that New York is a gossip town. And it is a foreshadow that they are going to be in the Town Tattle.
6) They live below the apartment that Tom and Myrtle have their affair in. He is not very successful, he needs an entry into the photography business.
7) She is the only one sober and she is Myrtle’s sister. She likes to butt into everyone’s conversations. Not the nicest character.
8) That she is catholic and she doesn’t believe in Divorce.
9) Everyone has dreams, he dream is to be rich and famous and admired. But when she married George he lied about what he said he was and so now she resents him for it.
10) She thinks of the dog the way Tom thinks of women, and her. “I want to get one for the apartment, they are nice to have, a dog.” She wants dogs of really true breading but gets a mutt, like her.
11) All of her money was stolen in Monty Carlo.
12) She says he is related to Kaizer, which makes people think that he is from old money when they really don’t know that he comes from new money.
13.) She married George because he had dreams and she thought he was going to do good things. She found out thought that he had become worthless and she regrets the marriage. When she was choosing her dog she first asked for a police dog an then a few more pure breeds but there were none so she had to get the mutt, now she has a mutt instead of a pure bread just like her marriage she is married to a worthless man instead of a rich confident man.
14.) Myrtle was bugging Tom about Daisy she was saying Daisy’s name repeatedly in order to anger Tom, so he hit her. This shows how much Tom really doesn’t care about Myrtle. Myrtle feels way more for Tom then he does for her. To Tom she is just another woman to sleep with, but to Myrtle Tom is this life that she has always wanted.
2) They are the eyes of God. His face is on a billboard, they are watching everything and they see everything, even though there is no one there.
3) Spiritless, Anemic, faintly hansom. His wife, Myrtle Wilson, is kind of opposite because she is so lively. She walks by him like he is dead and metaphorically he is.
4) New York is the place where dreams hit reality. Every time they go there their dreams run into reality. Myrtle dream disappears in New York and realizes Tom will never leave Daisy for her. And Tom smacks Myrtle in the face and breaks her nose.
5) It is a gossip magazine, it symbolizes that New York is a gossip town. And it is a foreshadow that they are going to be in the Town Tattle.
6) They live below the apartment that Tom and Myrtle have their affair in. He is not very successful, he needs an entry into the photography business.
7) She is the only one sober and she is Myrtle’s sister. She likes to butt into everyone’s conversations. Not the nicest character.
8) That she is catholic and she doesn’t believe in Divorce.
9) Everyone has dreams, he dream is to be rich and famous and admired. But when she married George he lied about what he said he was and so now she resents him for it.
10) She thinks of the dog the way Tom thinks of women, and her. “I want to get one for the apartment, they are nice to have, a dog.” She wants dogs of really true breading but gets a mutt, like her.
11) All of her money was stolen in Monty Carlo.
12) She says he is related to Kaizer, which makes people think that he is from old money when they really don’t know that he comes from new money.
13.) She married George because he had dreams and she thought he was going to do good things. She found out thought that he had become worthless and she regrets the marriage. When she was choosing her dog she first asked for a police dog an then a few more pure breeds but there were none so she had to get the mutt, now she has a mutt instead of a pure bread just like her marriage she is married to a worthless man instead of a rich confident man.
14.) Myrtle was bugging Tom about Daisy she was saying Daisy’s name repeatedly in order to anger Tom, so he hit her. This shows how much Tom really doesn’t care about Myrtle. Myrtle feels way more for Tom then he does for her. To Tom she is just another woman to sleep with, but to Myrtle Tom is this life that she has always wanted.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Words of the Day
Levity - Jayce made Levity of the water fight that the principle walked in on by asking if he wanted to join
Extemporize: (verb) Jayce began to extemporize an excuse for why she came home at 3 in the morning.
Extemporize: (verb) Jayce began to extemporize an excuse for why she came home at 3 in the morning.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Words of the day
Feigned - anna's feigned attitude about her shin hurting started to get on her teammates nerves
Languidly - Anna's languid state of mind made her class upset with her because she was the only one not applying herself.
Colossal - anna's uses he colossal butt to box people out in the basketball.
Complacency - Anna's complacency about her grades caused her to be a super senior
Languidly - Anna's languid state of mind made her class upset with her because she was the only one not applying herself.
Colossal - anna's uses he colossal butt to box people out in the basketball.
Complacency - Anna's complacency about her grades caused her to be a super senior
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Chapter 1 1-11
1.) Notice how Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this?
It’s setting up the theme the death of the American dream, he uses them to show that although many say they want to live few do. The use of these words show that the American dream is close to impossible.
2.) Nick starts the novel by revealing his father’s advice “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” List Nick’s advantage. Does he reserve judgment in the novel?
Nick is not poor; he brings up the idea of new money. He has to work for money but he didn’t come from nothing. He has had the opportunity to travel across the country which shows how not poor he is. When he hears things about other he will keep his judgments to himself.
3.) Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy’s house?
June 7th, 1922
4.) Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him? What kind of narrator do you think he will be?
He was west born, but wanted to move east to go to school at Yale. He is originally from Chicago, and does not come from old money. Although he is not extremely wealthy he is not poor either, his family owns a hardware store that has been in his family for 3 or 4 generations. He will be a reliable narrator because he is honest and good.
5.) What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?
She is not like average women of that time. She is smart and individual, and when talking to Nick she seems a little standoffish. She raises her chin, which is one of the first things Nick notices, she is holding something up and it will easily fall.
6.) How does Nick react to Jordon?
He was intimidated.
7.) What does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?
Tom, although an ex famous college football player is a total jerk. He is racist because he is racist and sexist, but he thinks that he is super smart and clever because he is reading a “scientific” book. He is living in the past because he can’t get over is glory days as a football player.
8.) What does nick say about Daisy’s voice? What does this say about Daisy?
Her voice is very calm and it draws people in, her laugh is described as charming.
9.) Daisy says, “The best thing for a girl is to be a beautiful little fool”. Why does she say this and what does she mean by it. What do you think it infers about her?
They are living in a mans world. Daisy was very sad when she found out that her baby was a boy because a girl can’t live in this time unless she acts as a beautiful little fool. It shows that she is hiding back her true self so she doesn’t lose her wealthy life.
10.) How do you feel about Tom? What details about him stick out? How is he an allied to Nick? What type of husband is he? Why? What books has he recently read and what does this infer about him? How does Nick respond?
He is a racist, sexist womanizer. You can tell that he is a typical rich boy who does whatever he wants because he has money. He is a terrible husband because he is having an affair with a woman in New York also he is very controlling. He is reading a book about the other races taking over the white population, which he thinks is scientific because he is racist. He belongs to old wealth.
11.) What is the difference between Nick and the Buccanhans?
Nick is not from old wealth he is from new wealth he lives on the west egg, which represents new wealth and the east egg represents old wealth. Nick doesn’t care as much about money as tom and daisy do.
It’s setting up the theme the death of the American dream, he uses them to show that although many say they want to live few do. The use of these words show that the American dream is close to impossible.
2.) Nick starts the novel by revealing his father’s advice “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” List Nick’s advantage. Does he reserve judgment in the novel?
Nick is not poor; he brings up the idea of new money. He has to work for money but he didn’t come from nothing. He has had the opportunity to travel across the country which shows how not poor he is. When he hears things about other he will keep his judgments to himself.
3.) Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy’s house?
June 7th, 1922
4.) Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him? What kind of narrator do you think he will be?
He was west born, but wanted to move east to go to school at Yale. He is originally from Chicago, and does not come from old money. Although he is not extremely wealthy he is not poor either, his family owns a hardware store that has been in his family for 3 or 4 generations. He will be a reliable narrator because he is honest and good.
5.) What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?
She is not like average women of that time. She is smart and individual, and when talking to Nick she seems a little standoffish. She raises her chin, which is one of the first things Nick notices, she is holding something up and it will easily fall.
6.) How does Nick react to Jordon?
He was intimidated.
7.) What does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?
Tom, although an ex famous college football player is a total jerk. He is racist because he is racist and sexist, but he thinks that he is super smart and clever because he is reading a “scientific” book. He is living in the past because he can’t get over is glory days as a football player.
8.) What does nick say about Daisy’s voice? What does this say about Daisy?
Her voice is very calm and it draws people in, her laugh is described as charming.
9.) Daisy says, “The best thing for a girl is to be a beautiful little fool”. Why does she say this and what does she mean by it. What do you think it infers about her?
They are living in a mans world. Daisy was very sad when she found out that her baby was a boy because a girl can’t live in this time unless she acts as a beautiful little fool. It shows that she is hiding back her true self so she doesn’t lose her wealthy life.
10.) How do you feel about Tom? What details about him stick out? How is he an allied to Nick? What type of husband is he? Why? What books has he recently read and what does this infer about him? How does Nick respond?
He is a racist, sexist womanizer. You can tell that he is a typical rich boy who does whatever he wants because he has money. He is a terrible husband because he is having an affair with a woman in New York also he is very controlling. He is reading a book about the other races taking over the white population, which he thinks is scientific because he is racist. He belongs to old wealth.
11.) What is the difference between Nick and the Buccanhans?
Nick is not from old wealth he is from new wealth he lives on the west egg, which represents new wealth and the east egg represents old wealth. Nick doesn’t care as much about money as tom and daisy do.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Words of the day.
Wan (Adj) - Anna had a wan complexion that worried her parents, they thought she had become deathly ill.
Prodigality (adj) (but i used it as a noun) - Anna's prodigal attitude toward money set her up to live at home for the rest of her life and live off of her parents money.
Prodigality (adj) (but i used it as a noun) - Anna's prodigal attitude toward money set her up to live at home for the rest of her life and live off of her parents money.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Semester 2 Vocabulary words
Wan – (Adj) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion
Prodigality – (Adj) spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
Feigned – (V) pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)
Languidly – (Adj) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
Colossal – (Adj) extremely large
Complacency – (N) a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Levity – (N) humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
Extemporizing – (V) compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
Supercilious – (Adj) behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
Infinitesimal – (Adj) extremely small
Fractiousness – (Adj) easily irritated; bad-tempered
Prodigality – (Adj) spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
Feigned – (V) pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)
Languidly – (Adj) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
Colossal – (Adj) extremely large
Complacency – (N) a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Levity – (N) humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
Extemporizing – (V) compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
Supercilious – (Adj) behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
Infinitesimal – (Adj) extremely small
Fractiousness – (Adj) easily irritated; bad-tempered
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