Monday, January 30, 2017

1. In what city/state does the story take place?
            a.  Long Island, New York                                          c. Boston, Massachusetts      
            b.  Chicago, Massachusetts                                        d. Los Angeles, California

2. Who is the narrator?
            a. Jay Gatsby                                                              c. Daisy Buchanan
            b. Tom Buchanan                                                        d. Nick Carraway

3. The two areas in which the characters live are
            a. East Beach & West Beach                                       c. East Egg & West Egg
            b. East Sound & West Sound                                      d. East Island & West Island

4. The following set of adjectives BEST describes Tom Buchanan’s personality
            a. Assertive, compassionate, caring,                           c. Docile, calm, timid, subborn
            b. Aggressive, condescending, arrogant                       d. Destructive, belligerent, hateful, intolerant

5. What is the main difference between the houses in East Egg and West Egg?
            a. In East Egg, the houses look like brand new hotels, and in West Egg, the houses are older and more
                colonial looking.
            b. In East Egg, the houses are older and more colonial looking, and in West Egg, the houses look like
                brand new hotels.
            c. In East Egg, the houses look like rich mansions, but in West Egg, the houses look more poorly built
                and “run down.”
            d. In East Egg, the houses look more poorly built and “run down,” but in West Egg, the houses look like
                rich mansions.


6. What does Daisy want her daughter to grow up to be?
            a. a “beautiful little fool”                                                        c. a “modern woman of the times”
            b. an “intelligent, capable woman”                                         d. a “gorgeous little jewel”

7. Who reacts strangely/curiously when Jordan Baker says to Nick that she knows a man named Gatsby?
            a. Nick himself                                                            c. Daisy Buchanan, Tom’s wife
            b. Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband                           d. Pammy, Daisy and Tom’s daughter

8. What color is repeatedly used to describe Daisy and her friend Jordan?
            a. Yellow                                                                     c. Black
            b. Purple                                                                     d. White

9. Who says the following quote: “Well, these books are all scientific…This fellow has worked out the whole
    thing. It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”
            a. Nick Carraway                                                        c. Tom Buchanan
            b. Daisy Buchanan                                                      d. Jordan Baker

10. Who telephones Tom at the dinner at his house?
            a. His wife, Daisy                                                       c. The main character, Jay Gatsby
            b. The narrator, Nick                                                  d. Tom’s “other woman on the side



11. Who reaches out his/her arms across the water at the end of the chapter?
            a. Daisy Buchanan                                                      c. Jordan Baker
            b. Jay Gatsby                                                             d. Tom Buchanan

12. As Nick looks to see what this character is reaching for, what does he see at the end of a dock?
            a. a woman reaching back in a green dress      c. a green boat tied to the dock
            b. a green light on the dock                             d. an eerie, green light lighting the water under the dock

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Great Gatsby Chapter 2 Notes

  • Nick meets the mistress
  • Mistress= Mrs. Myrtle Wilson
  • SHE'S MARRIED AND CHEATING ON HER HUSBAND WITH TOM! TOM IS MARRIED AND CHEATING ON HIS WIFE WITH MYRTLE
  • She's not even cute.
  • Tom knows her husband, George.
  • Tom and Myrtle meet up in New York when she "visits" her sister.
  • Tom buys Myrtle a dog for THEIR apartment
  • "Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive."-Tom
Oh yeah totally, Tom. George must be dumb for trusting his wife! HE MUST BE A COMPLETE IDIOT FOR LETTING HIS WIFE, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, VISIT HER SISTER!! WHEN IN REALITY SHE VISITS HER "SUGAR DADDY" AND LIES TO HIS INNOCENT FACE. Wow let's throw him in prison.

On another note, Myrtle what the hell?! If you don't love him, divorce him you harlot! Just because he "lied" to you on how much money he has means nothing! Actually it means that you're a gold digging hoe. You only "loved" him in the very beginning because you thought he was wealthy!
  • Nick meets Catherine, Myrtle's sister
  • Myrtle and Tom talk trash about their husband/wife
(Spoiler Alert below! Don't open unless you want to.)

Saturday, January 28, 2017

On Friday, the beginning of 6th period, my U.S. history teacher, Mr. Hoult showed us a video. The video was of a boy named Royce Mann with his speech entitled "Rise Up". He was talking about all the injustices in this century, just like Martin Luther King Jr. talked about.

 However Mann's speech was a bit different then MLKJ's speech. Mann talked about all the injustices of all races, from Blacks to Mexicans to Muslims to ,even, Whites. His whole speech was about the injustices and it makes you wonder the "other people's" stories.


Friday, January 27, 2017

Great Gatsby Notes

  • NICK MEETS THE MISTRESS

That picture is for TOM!!! The cheating...(you fill in blank)

Great Gatsby Remix(?) 1.


Sunday, January 22, 2017

Remix Idea!

Movies.

Basic genres in film making is; chick flicks, action, adventure, horror and romance. In the world there are over 500,000 movies made, yet aren't they all just remixes of the movies created before them?

Joe: "Hey Rey, that movie last year had a crippled man falling for his nurse. Let's make a film like that but instead have the crippled man be a crippled women and add a few more scenes!"
Rey: "Genius! Let's get right to it."

Bam! 5 star rated film. Oh look it just won a Grammy.

Random Person: "Wow! That movie was so amazing and original. How did they ever come up with that plot. How genius!"
Me: "Umn dude isn't this movie just like last year's movie?"
Random Person: "No this movie is a crippled women the other one was a crippled man! They even have different names."

SPOILER ALERT! MOVIES ARE ALL REMIXES OF EACH OTHER! MOVIES AREN'T ORIGINAL. 

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Remix in Life

Starting up with the remix videos, we learned three things; transform, change and copy.

Isn't that how life is? We are just one  big ball of remix. All the movies we watch like lets say "The Notebook", it's a classic chick flick (never going to see it in my life) and almost all of them are the exact same thing! They're just a little more transformed and changed up to seem original yet they're all the same ending with the girl falling for the guy or the guy changing for her. Princess movies always end with a "happily ever after" they're not original just a transformed version of the princess before. Jeez even "happily ever after" is a remix of years ago!

Songs now aren't original. Lesley was talking about a song from The Weeknd having the same chorus from a song from the 80s. Nothing in life is original if you really think about it. We're not original, we're remixes of our parents and their parents and so on. 

Saturday, January 14, 2017

MY COMPUTER SCREEN!!!

Leaving Preston's class, my computer was nice and sound in my backpack. Ever since I got my tablet I was always gentle with it, even though I have insurance on it! I went into my French class and CAREFULLY put it down next to my new seat. We were doing a weird rotation classwork thing. (You moved from desks to desks in a group doing a small french assignment.) My tablet was in my backpack the whole time and I didn't think about it at all, I mean after all it was safe in my backpack. After all my classes I went on my computer and thought it was strange that my touch screen wasn't working. AND THEN I SAW A CRACK ON MY COMPUTER! SOMEONE MUST'VE KICKED MY BACKPACK OR SOMETHING!!!! Jeez I'm so mad. 

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Music as Literature

Can we consider music to be literature? 

Novel: a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
Poem:a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
Rap: Rap musicians generally perform in a vocal style in which the lyrics are spoken, rather than sung.
Song: a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Opera: a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
Symphony: an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.

Back to the question at hand, can we consider music to be literature? The vocabulary definitions I set up top clearly describe music as a form of literature. A song is just a poem with music, a rap is just a poem that is spoken, an opera is a one or more acts put to music, etc. All of these are just short stories and novels shortened and put into music to sound more enjoyable. 



Literature: written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
Artistic merit is a term that is used in relation to cultural products when referring to the judgment of their perceived quality or value as works of art.

Isn't music an artistic merit? Can they not be classified as a work of art, as a work of genius, as a work of LITERATURE?


Two types of literature are written and oral. Music is both dude. 






Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Hello 2017!

Hey 2017! Since the start of 2016 last year to the start of you, 2017, now, I've grown as a human. No I don't mean heights worth, I'm still a short 5'3. I guess you could say I've matured. I read different things now, for example Wattpad. I read different genres on there and I guess you could call me a savage with my comments on books. My whole demeanor changed also. Out is the old goofy 15 year old and in is a, still rather silly, serious 16 year old. I've learned to cherish the things in life but ,jeez, I have not learned to control my attitude. Hopefully you, 2017, will help me with different things this year and you will be the year that rocks. ✌✌😎