Blog Post 24

The younger adult and child varied greatly. To start off the chapter we see how the kid on the yacht was humble. He did not want to become like his parents and be farmers and live a little seldom life. The young boy had big hopes and dreams and something to live and strive for. We find out how Gatsby lied about his entire past which shows how he is a low and shallow person. On page 98, we are told his parents "were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" (98). As a young kid on a yacht, it would be very hard to look as farming being a fun future. So instead Gatsby makes dreams and aspiration and stuff to look forward to that will be extravagant unlike his parents farming life. He even goes on to say "he didn't really consider them as parents" (98). The older Gatsby has accomplished anything any man could dream of and is sitting on stacks on stacks of cash. He has nothing to dream of and look forward to, so he become somewhat of a introvert.  Gatsby at a younger age had imagined his life out and about going places and making memories, but instead he is now found stuck at his house dreaming about one girl. Gatsby entire past he told us about was all a made up dream. He is now stuck in it and get get out to find what he truly wants.

Blog Post 23

The reunion of Daisy and Gatsby, a rather sordid relationship, signals simultaneously the beginning and the end of Gatsby’s dream and of his success. This statement is very true. Gatsby used to be in love with Daisy, before he had to go off to war. When the war was over, for some unknown reason to the readers, Gatsby could not return to Daisy. All this time away from Daisy Gatsby has been dying to get back together with her. He bought his house across the bay from Daisy on purpose. The reunion of Daisy and Gatsby signaled the beginning of Gatsby's dream, which is to live happily ever after with his love, Daisy. Ever since Gatsby has left he has dreamed of getting back with Daisy. As Gatsby takes Nick to lunch one day he tell Nick "I am going to ask a big request of you today" (67). This quote shows how Gatsby considerers Nick asking Daisy over to his house for tea as a "big deal". In reality it is not a big deal at all for Nick since him and Daisy are cousins. Him meeting up and being reunited with Daisy signals the start to a great future between the two of them. On the flip side, these two being reunited shows the end of one of Gatsby's dreams. It ends the long days Gatsby sat around waiting, and thinking and throwing parties hoping Daisy would just show up. Now that she has come back, his bad dream of him being alone is abolished. Now that Gatsby has been reunited he will be able to have greater success. He now has something to live for.

Blog Post 22

The first character I will talk about is Nick Carraway. He is a younger man who traveled to new York and started to learn the bond business his first summer in New York. Nick shows a strong virtue. Nicks diligence should take him a long way in this novel. He is quiet and modest and will not spread rumors as we have seen so far. People like to talk to nick since he has good integrity.
The next character is Daisy. So far in the book daisy has been looked at as a dumb (possibly acting like this on purpose) women. She is never making much sense and annoying other. I could connect her to the sin Slothfulness. She is married to her husband, Tom, for his money, which makes me think she does not want to work much. Honestly it is hard to blame her since her husband is described as "hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that"(6). By saying "do that" they were referring to bringing down a string of polo ponies from lake forest to his new home in the east egg.
Tom is the final character. Tom has both Greed and Pride. because of where he has been in his life and what he has accomplished, such as being "the most powerful end to have ever played football at New Haven" (6). With money usually comes greed and pride, and I think that the excessive amount of money he has accumulated has led to these sins.

Blog Post 21

Throughout the book we have seen the use of many colors. The author is incorporating different colors into his text to stand for much bigger things. When Nick arrives home after his dinner at Toms house, he looks out and see's what we can assume is The Great Gatsby himself standing on the end of a pier staring off into the distance at a flashing green light. Into the second chapter, around the beginning we are told about the valley of ashes which is located around the middle of the West Egg and New York. On page 27 there is a brief description of the Valley of Ashes: "where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air" (27). This Valley is described with words such as smoke, dim, and ashes. All of these words resemble the color gray. I think the authors used the green light in the two eggs as a bright color, possibly representing wealth and money. Back then, brighter colors cost much more. In the valley, where people have less money, all the stuff is dull and gray. The colors in these 2 chapters show the difference between the residents in the two areas.