The Great Gatsby Notes #2

Tom takes Nick to meet his secret affair. They take Myrtle and went to their second house. There they partied along with Myrtle's sister and other people. Most of them drank a lot which associates with unhappiness. The chapter ends with Tom punching Myrtle in the face, breaking her nose.

Tom is described as a bully, arrogant, and a dishonest man.

Myrtle Wilson: Tom's lover. Described as a lively woman.

George Wilson: Myrtle's husband. A Lifeless man.

Reoccurring Theme: Unhappiness

The Great Gatsby Notes #1

Epigraph - A short passage at the beginning of the book or chapter, suggesting of it's theme

Characters:

Nick Carraway -The narrator. A Yale graduate and a veteran soldier from a wealth family. He was raised to reserve judgement from other people.

Daisy Buchanan - Nick's distant cousin. She is always looking forward for something only to disregard it later on.

Tom Buchanan - A former member of Nick's social club at Yale and Daisy's husband. He has a love affair with another woman in New York.

Jordan Baker - A professional golf athlete. She constantly yawns as if everything around her bores her.

Gatsby - ???

The Great Gatsbt Remix

Why is Nick so obsessed with Gatsby? He states that at the beginning of the story, but never really explained why? What makes him so likeable? In the beginning he mentioned that he did not like Gatsby but his opinion was changed. We didn't really find out much about the so called "Great Gatsby". Only at the end of chapter one where he finally marks his debut, but they were only subtle hints on what he can possibly be. We pretty much know nothing of him. I just wonder, what kind of a man can Gatsby be for somebody like Nick be so obsessed with?

Everything is a Remix notes

Music as Literature

In many ways, music can be considered as literature. One way is that music is poetry. When music has lyrics, often, they express feelings and thoughts to the listeners. Even in the instrumental-only music, they express mood and feeling and it can influence one's mood from simply listening to it. It can induce happiness and sadness, just like in every literature. Every song is worth a thousand words. Like literature, music is art and music is literature.

Hello 2017!

Compare to last year, I have changed in many ways. Other than me being older, I have also grown maturely. I am more serious than before. Before, I was very silly, even sometimes immature, which I still am from time to time. But I have noticed that now I have more sense of responsibility and maturity, that I feel will only keep on continuing as I grow up and reach to adulthood. So now
being, a new year for all of us, I plan to do the best of my time and try not to be lazy.

Something Interesting

I was just off from an exhausting day, spent 5 hours doing my project with my group in one of their house. I usually walk home, but at the time all I wanted was my bed, inside my warm, cozy home. So, I decided to call home to get a ride. I went by the school to wait.

I waited, and waited. It was 6:35 P.M. It was dark and cold, and every minute made me miss my home even more. I looked at the time again - 6:50. I was starting to get irritated. I was cold, hungry and alone. At that moment, I felt helpless. I felt as if no one was coming for me, as if I was lost.

I could see many cars zooming past me, leaving me with the feeling that they were ignoring me, as if my existence does not even matter, but luckily, my ride did come. I was relieved. "Let's buy some pizza!" I said.  It made me forget all the thoughts I was having. We went to Little Caesars. Right away, something caught my attention and it was not the pizza.

It was a couple of homeless people asking for some change in front of the fast food establishment. I saw a few people shaking their hands in rejection, but many just looked straight ahead and ignored them. My brother was one of them, passed them as if they weren't even there. Witnessing what just happened gave me a great deal of empathy towards them. Not only that I experienced the same situation they were in, just a few minutes ago, I also knew how they felt. They were cold, hungry, and lost.

Both of the homeless people finally gave up. I was heartbroken. They knew they wouldn't even get a response. Being ignored was worse than getting rejected. At least rejection gives you the sense of being rejected but being ignored, it just leaves you with an empty feeling, it is like you do not even exist.

As the homeless woman finally moved out of the way, a kid approached her and handed her a dollar and some change. Her eyes immediately widened, shocked with the kindness the kid had to offer. Moments later, a different person stepped in. The lady had four cans in her arms. She greeted the woman with kindness, offering the cans. The woman was stunned with all the sudden generosity. All she was able to do was give out endless amount of gratefulness to them with new hopes in her eyes.

Seeing all the humane acts, almost brought me to tears. It was relieving to know that there are still people out there with good hearts. After all of this, I decided to look for something that would help me on how to respond to homeless people that I might encounter in the future. They're are many reasons why we might ignore them, but we never stopped and consider how they would feel.