My Un/ Finished Symphony

A goal that I have in mind is to try not be closed minded to others. Be more open about my personal self, make new friends. Try not to be shy when talking to new people.  

Gatsby (Notes): Pages 38- 48

• Tom broke Myrtle's nose
• Due to Myrtle shouting Daisy
• Myrtle- is a play toy to Tom
• Contemptuous- harshly judge mental
• Ex of syntax (2)- Reveals Nick's drunk nature
• Feels like an outsiders
• Ex of diction revealing the alcoholism

Get Stuff Done

BQGSD- Big Question/ Get Stuff Done

• Take two minutes a day to think about my big question (total 14mins).
• Do research if needed
• This week I'll get some stuff done, get myself some time to think 
• Get (10) followers for my blog to critique my work

Gatsby (Notes): Pages 27-37

• Transcendent- goes far and beyond
• Eyes (symbolize)- vision
• Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg (Located in Valley Ashen)
• Nick meets Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson
• Myrtle Wilson- fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation
• George Wilson- (husband to Myrtle) lifeless, loves and idealizes Myrtle
• Tom quietly informs Myrtle to see her; she leaves her husband under the pretense of visiting her sister in NY
• Meet up in an apartment
• Myrtle invites her sister and friends; the Mckees joins the party as well
• During Myrtle's time in the apartment she acts a different way then how she usually is in her daily life
• With Tom- acts more wealthy forgetting how's her life/ financially status with George

Gatsby (Notes): Pages 11-26

• Daisy Buchanan- is never in the moment
• She is totally self adsorbed
•   "Miss" Jordan Baker- mysterious/ vague
• Tom Buchanan (Daisy's husband)- unfaithful, wealthy
• Ignorant?
• Tension at dinner- the phone keeps on ringing and the person who's calling is Tom's mistress
• "I hope that she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in the world, a beautiful little fool..."- Daisy (17)
• “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever…His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."- Nick
• Mr. Gatsby- reacting to a green light outside of his mansion
• Nick sees the green light as an exclusive and powerful object that has great symbolic meaning to Gatsby

What's In My Big Question For Me

Starting off, my big question is why should we wake up the next day if we're going to do the same thing as the day before? Were we created as robots or human beings? The reason why I have this question in mind is because we are gifted a life to live to the fullest and be spontaneous everyday. Go on in adventures with those who you care for and love. How are we suppose to do that if all we do is to wake up and do the same routine as before. It's like being a robot who is built to follow orders and not feel no type of emotions/ have the free will to do whatever your heart desires. With this in mind, I would have a different mindset as I wake up on being grateful that God gave me another life to live and to be reminded that we all (including myself) have a purpose to be in this world. To create memories and live on a life where we can chose  how we want our life journey to be.

Meet Nick

Nick Carraway is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in WWI, goes to New York City to learn about business. He's honest, tolerant and inclined to reserve judgment. Nick often serves as this confidant person to those with troubling/ dark secrets.