The Great Gatsby
1) In the novel The Great Gatsby, this book had a lot of reflection on the American Culture, but in a story with the narrator Nick Carraway, cousin of a Daisy Buchanan, who married Tom Buchanan a former football star, and Jay Gatsby. With Nick talking to a lady in a party and gossiping about The Great Gatsby and his "secrets" that were over-exaggeratedly false. The book is about a mysterious man named Gatsby who lives in the top of his mansion, makes parties every night, but never shows up in the party. Nick meets him and meets a whole new world, he meets Gatsby and his real self behind all of the gossip and stories about him that were never true, F. Fitzgerald really showed a great reflection of the american culture/american dream. He confuses wealth with corruption, because in his time it was a time of being rich is the best thing that could ever happen.
2.) The theme to this novel is feeding the social satisfaction (witch will never be satisfied)
3.) He thought of the new America as naive and blind, naive because everyone in the party were all partying for escape of problems that have been going on in their live. So they get drunk and start doing stuff people tell them to do. They Blind part is for people who are gossiping and talking about someone without knowing them is just blind of them to do so.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
COB
exposition; A detailed explanation through speech or handwritten.
expressionism; A technique in literature that is used to distort objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in the literary work.
fable; A short narrative that usually gives out an edifying or a cautionary from an animal that speaks and acts like a human.
fallacy; A false argument.
falling action; Following narrative or action that comes down to the climax.
farce; a light dramatic work which has exaggerated characters, improbable situations and slapstick elements that are used for humorous affects.
figurative language; simile or metaphor, can be classified as five categories, relationship and resemblance, emphasis or understatement, figure of sound, verbal games, and errors.
flashback; a blast from the past.
foil; a subsidiary character who emphasizes the traits of a main character
folk tale; tradition stories, music, legends, etc. Shared in a small village/community.
foreshadowing; telling the future of a story (Spoiler alert)
free verse; Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.
genre; A type or class.
gothic tale;Gothic fiction was the predecessor of modern horror fiction, but was more like a mystery that often involved the supernatural (ghosts, haunted buildings, hereditary curses); disturbing dreams or omens; and characters overcome with anger, sorrow, or terror. They were often set in dark castles or medieval ruins.
hyperbole;an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
imagery; The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
implication; the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
incongruity;not harmonious in character
inference; the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
expressionism; A technique in literature that is used to distort objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in the literary work.
fable; A short narrative that usually gives out an edifying or a cautionary from an animal that speaks and acts like a human.
fallacy; A false argument.
falling action; Following narrative or action that comes down to the climax.
farce; a light dramatic work which has exaggerated characters, improbable situations and slapstick elements that are used for humorous affects.
figurative language; simile or metaphor, can be classified as five categories, relationship and resemblance, emphasis or understatement, figure of sound, verbal games, and errors.
flashback; a blast from the past.
foil; a subsidiary character who emphasizes the traits of a main character
folk tale; tradition stories, music, legends, etc. Shared in a small village/community.
foreshadowing; telling the future of a story (Spoiler alert)
free verse; Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.
genre; A type or class.
gothic tale;Gothic fiction was the predecessor of modern horror fiction, but was more like a mystery that often involved the supernatural (ghosts, haunted buildings, hereditary curses); disturbing dreams or omens; and characters overcome with anger, sorrow, or terror. They were often set in dark castles or medieval ruins.
hyperbole;an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
imagery; The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
implication; the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
incongruity;not harmonious in character
inference; the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
irony something you wouldn't expect to happen but it did happen.;
Thursday, January 9, 2014
AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA
- 1971. The significance of a title such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is so easy to discover. However, in other works (for example, Measure for Measure) the full significance of the title becomes apparent to the reader only gradually. Choose two works and show how the significance of their respective titles is developed through the authors’ use of devices such as contrast, repetition, allusion, and point of view.
- Really interesting essay question in the link below.
http://faculty.guhsd.net/mejohnson/SiddharthaEssay.htm
- Briefly describe Siddhartha
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
HACKING MY EDUCATION
I would like to focus on music and biology a lot through out this semester. I want to learn how to become a biologist or a musician or maybe even both! This is hacking my education which would be actually pretty interesting, I want to know how to become a biologist/musician. I want to have hands on experiences with animals and music. I want to be able to show my skills to help and understand others in need of my assistance. I actually have a friend online who is studying to be a biologist right now, he can be a great resource in my network. This is actually a great start for a hack! Alright so far this is my hack. Will add on soon! I am getting excited.
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