Scribe: 5.26.2009
Period 4
SCRIBE 5/26
we had a substitute.
we checked out THE GREAT GATSPY from the media center.
we read THE GREAT GATSPY during class.
not much went on today, if you were not there you did not miss much, just remember to check out THE GREAT GATSPY!!
Period 5
Well hello everyone, today was sad day in english, Mr. Eldridge was gone ):, however, many things were accomplished.
The class started without Mr. E and everyone was shocked to meet the sub (forgot her name, oops), everyone was in disarray. But as soon as the sub calmed everyone down, the entire class filed out of the room and ventured to the media center to check out ,The Great Gatsby. Those who brought their id’s with them, were fortunate ,this allowed them to check out the book without any hassle, now for the individuals that forgot their id’s, this was a problem because the woman scanning the books was acting extremely cranky. Luckily the sub took action and forced the scanner woman to allow the “id-less” to check out the book. After this process of book checking out, a total time of 17 minutes had elapsed and everyone sat back in their desk and began to read ” The Great Gatsby.”
The instructions for reading chapter 1 were given and from the looks of it, everyone seemed to finish reading about 15 minutes before the bell rang. For the better part of the period, minds toiled in obscurity as each student developed a prospective on how F. Scott Fitzgerald employed his messages through his writing.
Tomorrow will be 17 days until summer starts.
This has been another report by Anthony Kriakin, over and out commandos.
(Yikes!)
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i love great gatsby for its tribute to the 1920s and for using fictional stories and characters to expand on stereotypes of 20s culture in terms of the welthy and by displaying the social differences and gap in wealth during that time…
all the historical references as to john d. rockefeller and midas and the distant past, such as the civil war, helps to paint the story and make it more intriguing. im interested to learn more about tom’s indecent affair, nick’s plight against the richies, and how the mysterious “gatsby” ties it all in…
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so i looked up to see if the “F” in F. Scott Fitzgerald is actually his first name. he was apparently named after some relative named Francis Scott Key, and they just call him Scott. So i guess theres your answer.
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Zach Glasser Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
@Dessouky, “some relative” named Francis Scott Key? as in the guy who wrote the star spangled banner?! come on…
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so i have to see that the great gatsby is probably up there in my top 10 favorite books. i love the roaring 20’s and how it shows how Americans began to shift from their conservative ways. Fitzgerald does a great job of creating a barrier between each social class- The valley of ashes = poor, New york city= crowded, majority, middle class, and East and West Egg= the upper class (East= old money and West= “nouvea riche”)….and the story has an exciting ending!!! can’t wait until everyone else reads it!
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nadir bilici Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
@hayley bjorklund,
yeah, I agree with the liking of the book
I think its pretty funny how he juxtaposes Gatsby with everyone else: Gatsby is humble and all while everyone else throws out their lavishness
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gellan kashou Reply:
May 31st, 2009 at 8:26 am
@nadir bilici, it’s also cool how he has taken a very important time in American history and intertwined a love story in it. This makes the story all the more interesting. Tom is in love with Myrtlle, Daisy is letting her husband run free with his mistress, Mr. Wilson doesn’t know what’s going on. It’s all so captivating. Once again, Fitzgerald is able to do this as well as intertwine major morals and themes into the novel, like contrasting the life of the rich and life and the of the poor and expressing his ideas about both. The Great Gatsby truly is an exceptional piece of art.
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I really enjoyed looking at the Great Gatsby links that were posted on the website. I especially liked looking at the clothing from the 20s and the different styles.
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i also find it interesting to read the publisher’s afterward and note as well as the explanatory note and “text of The Great Gatsby” found at the end of the book. they offer unexpected insight to the book and Fitzgerald himself. they also explain the story behind the cover picture depicting the woman’s face above the “manhattan skyline”/coney island lights and how light is a recurring motif in the story.
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