I believe that we are totally heading in the direction of Adolous Huxley’s points in the Brave New World. Drugs have been a problem in society for so long, but the problem has gone up in the past couple of years. Drugs are being glorified throughout various sources including songs, social media, even through kids and teenagers at school. People are also on anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications, different kinds of tranquilizers. Various drugs are quickly becoming normalized and very popular. Also, society is making it seem as if happy is the only emotion you can feel. This makes more and more people use the drugs to contain or prevent any other emotion.
The media is also taking control of peoples lives. Some people can’t go 30 minutes without checking their phone. We take up our spare time by placing a device in front of our face for hours to replace our bordem. This definitely causes problems within people’s mental health. We experience things online that messes us up or even just spending so much time can affect us mentally. With social media comes technology. Different technology has been created and continues to be improved throughout the years. Cell phones, computers, printers, vehicles, software, etc. There’s prosthetic for people who need them. Pretty soon there will be real human arms with flesh and bones being created for a human. There’s operations for blind people who can make them see again or at least help them.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Thursday, February 21, 2019
What’s So Good About Gatsby?
1. As a person and with himself I don’t think gatsby is great. He leaves everything to basically reinvent himself. He’s willing to do anything and takes risks to get what he wants. In the pas, he falls in love with Daisy, and when he finds her again while he’s trying to recreate himself he finds out he hadsn’t let go of her. There’s something with him and makes his not planned love take over him and control him. I feel like that made him lose sight of where he was going and unfortunately loses himself in that process. But also he’s a great person based on how he’s trying to become a better person.
2. I feel like Nick is definitely honest with himself. He hangsout with dishonesy people because he feels like he’s going to miss out on something. For example, like basic behavior that comes from those kinds of people. He’s tries giving those people the benefit of the doubt despite their way of being dishonest. I feel like he sees past that.
3. Tom and Daisy are careless people. They are totally insensitive and don’t think about others. Tom hurts Mrtyle by breaking his nose. He makes Wilson believe that Myrtle was Tom’s mistress. He also said stuff to make him believe that gatsby was her killer. Even though, Tom and Daisy are both married to each other, Tom has a mistress and Daisy enjoys ‘flirting’ with Gatsby. It seems as if they use their wealth and money as a way of getting out of stuff. Daisy doesn’t have a sense of obligation because she doesn’t pay attention to her own daughter.
4. Daisy is not a person I would let my son/brother/friend hangout with. Her actions throughout the book have shown that she isn’t a person I would want associated with me in anyway. Her carelessness for others including her own daughter just shows her way of being.
5. The last line of The Great Gatsby means that in a way Gatsby was trying to recapture or relive his life and the past. That leads him to fight for Daisy’s love which he would do anything to win completely. In general, I feel like the last like means that while following our dreams and going on with life we find ourselves somehow caught in the past and sometimes it feels like we’re moving back rather than forward.
2. I feel like Nick is definitely honest with himself. He hangsout with dishonesy people because he feels like he’s going to miss out on something. For example, like basic behavior that comes from those kinds of people. He’s tries giving those people the benefit of the doubt despite their way of being dishonest. I feel like he sees past that.
3. Tom and Daisy are careless people. They are totally insensitive and don’t think about others. Tom hurts Mrtyle by breaking his nose. He makes Wilson believe that Myrtle was Tom’s mistress. He also said stuff to make him believe that gatsby was her killer. Even though, Tom and Daisy are both married to each other, Tom has a mistress and Daisy enjoys ‘flirting’ with Gatsby. It seems as if they use their wealth and money as a way of getting out of stuff. Daisy doesn’t have a sense of obligation because she doesn’t pay attention to her own daughter.
4. Daisy is not a person I would let my son/brother/friend hangout with. Her actions throughout the book have shown that she isn’t a person I would want associated with me in anyway. Her carelessness for others including her own daughter just shows her way of being.
5. The last line of The Great Gatsby means that in a way Gatsby was trying to recapture or relive his life and the past. That leads him to fight for Daisy’s love which he would do anything to win completely. In general, I feel like the last like means that while following our dreams and going on with life we find ourselves somehow caught in the past and sometimes it feels like we’re moving back rather than forward.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Gatsby Test Chapters 1-4
Chapter 1
1. What does Nick say about himself in the beginning of the book?
2. How does Nick know Tom and Daisy and what does he experience when he’s with them?
Chapter 2
3. What did Tom do to Myrtle and what does that say about his character?
4. In chapter 1, Nick finds out about Tom’s mistress. How does he encounter with her?
Chapter 3
5. How did the other people at the party react when Nick asked them where Gatsby was?
6. What are some of the things that Nick heard about Gatsby in this chapter?
Chapter 4
7. Why does Nick question some of the things Gatsby is telling him about himself on their ride to New York?
8. What do we learn about Mr. Wolfshiem?
1. What does Nick say about himself in the beginning of the book?
2. How does Nick know Tom and Daisy and what does he experience when he’s with them?
Chapter 2
3. What did Tom do to Myrtle and what does that say about his character?
4. In chapter 1, Nick finds out about Tom’s mistress. How does he encounter with her?
Chapter 3
5. How did the other people at the party react when Nick asked them where Gatsby was?
6. What are some of the things that Nick heard about Gatsby in this chapter?
Chapter 4
7. Why does Nick question some of the things Gatsby is telling him about himself on their ride to New York?
8. What do we learn about Mr. Wolfshiem?
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Great Gatsby 4
In chapter 4 Nick and Gatsby are riding together into New York. Gatsby is telling Nick about his life in the past. He tells Nick about how he’s from the wealthy midwest. Nick proceeds to ask from where in the midwest. To what he responds ‘San Francisco. But if you must know, San Francisco is most definitely not in the Midwest. Although, some of what Gatsby told Nick was very laughable and unbelievable to Nick, he showed him a picture of him standing at Oxford. So maybe some of it was true.
Then while in New York, Nick sees Jordan. She finally tells him about their conversation at the party. Apparently, Gatsby is in love with Daisy by what Gatsby told Jordan. Gatsby was just leaving for war when Daisy and Gatsby were in love. So after he left to war, Daisy married Tom. Gatsby wants Nick to set up some way that Daisy and him meet up again.
Then while in New York, Nick sees Jordan. She finally tells him about their conversation at the party. Apparently, Gatsby is in love with Daisy by what Gatsby told Jordan. Gatsby was just leaving for war when Daisy and Gatsby were in love. So after he left to war, Daisy married Tom. Gatsby wants Nick to set up some way that Daisy and him meet up again.
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