The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal

As I sat there in the hotel, all was well until Tom accuses Gatsby of being a murderer and Gatsby lost his temper. I could tell Gatsby was furious at Tom and after he over reacted he tried to calm Daisy down but she just didn't feel the same way about Gatsby after this incident. After witnessing the fighting and constant arguing between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. Tom eventually sent Daisy off with Gatsby and I watched them as they awkwardly walk out to the car.

11. What type of pants does Tod try at the thrift store? He tries flared pants.

In chapter 8 being an outcast/ or a loner was a feeling from this book that I wasn't expecting. I from where the books seemed like it was going it was that sex doesn't matter companionship is what Bernard wants and I believe that there it's a little weird the feelings and thoughts he's having in his head.m" Bernard says repetitively how alone he is and how he's growing feelings for Linda and like how she's noticing it and is growing them as well. From what I have read. It almost gives a sense that Linda cares and like they understand each other.

Tilting his chin upwards, Tom peered up seductively through his long, thick lashes. “So, does that mean you wanna fool around?” he asked in a soft, lilting voice.

4. The title “The Great Gatsby” directly relates to the character Jay Gatsby himself. Though Gatsby is really just a sad, lonely man trying to regain Daisy Buchanan’s love on the inside, through the eyes of others, including Nick Carraway, he is seen as this great mysterious being. Living this sort of mysterious life and throwing these lavish parties just adds to the illusion of his greatness. For example, one of Gatsby’s first parties seen in the novel is described by Nick, stating, “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited−they went there … Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission.”

Walking down the streets of the busy city, a few people spotted them. Malessica could hear her name being called by many civilians, who swarmed her trying to get a picture. Isaac had civilians trying to get pictures with him. Isaac never imagined his personal space would get violated in a city like Costelios.”

Ex 1: Twain emphasizes the segregation between blacks and whites. Although there was lots of segregation present in this time period, he made it more prominent by using the N-Word and making remarks about the color of Jim’s skin in order to classify white and black and separate the two distinctly.

Doctor Daquan Li pushed his notes to one side and gave Dennis a piercing stare. “Tom tells me you’ve recently taken the next step towards achieving a full sexual relationship. Is that right?”

The first thing I noticed was, the first sentence in the chapter. "Git up! What you 'bout?" "What you doin' with this gun?" The second thing I noticed was, just after the first thing I noticed was that Huck fell asleep with the gun in his hands and didn't make sure that he woke up before his father. If i was in the same position I would make sure that I woke up before Pap. Just in case that Pap had the correct idea and didn't believe the Lie that Huck told him. The two things that I really noticed contradict each other, because I believe that if I was in Pap's shoes then I would probably think to myself that my kid who I have imprisoned in this cabin more than likely hates my guts for keeping him here and beating him repeatedly. So how come he would hesitate to shoot me, as well as who would come all the way out to the

The kinesthetic imagery of temperature in this passage serves as an extended metaphor of the tensions between Gatsby and Tom that culminate with a booming argument. Similar to the “seats of the car”, both Tom and Gatsby’s emotions are close to a point of “combustion”, as their jealousy towards each other has been increasing at a rapid rate. The hottest day of the year is the stimulant for the coming argument, as the heat seems to increase the anger in an already tense situation. The symbolism of the hottest day is also significant for Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby, because it not only serves as the turning point of the summer, but their relationship as well. Following this day the temperature will begin to cool, and the emotions between

To me, the first part of the book is really important. It made me want to read the book more, and I became more interested in each character. Because of this, both of the important passages that I picked are about the storked baby. In chapter eleven, “She looks at Connor. Still red, he intentionally avoids her gaze. The reason Connor gave was a lie. Something else drove him to run to that porch. But whatever the real reason was, Connor's keeping it to himself” (Shusterman 50). Once I read this sentence, I believed that Connor must has a really interesting background and experiences. I started to get interested in this character. And I personally think that the storked baby actually is the transition of the personalities of characters. Mostly,

”Buck faced the great problem of sleeping .¨ ¨A chill wind was blowing that nipped him sharply and bit especial venom into his wounded shoulder.´´This help the reader understand the character was experiencing a new situation having to sleep in the cold. He had to observe the other dogs to understand what needed to be done to survive the cold weather.

Tobio sat against the headboard and stared down at Shoyo who slept calmly on his pillow, gently breathing. In this state, his defenses were lowered even as he moved responsively to the lift of Tobio’s hand. The hand brushed hair away from fluttering eyelids and proceeded to move back and forth. The hair was fluffy. Tobio combed locks and untangled small knots though there were little to be found. Had there been more, Shoyo would have awakened in an instant. He was tender headed; Tobio had learned from past experiences.

This part of the essay puzzled me when I was reading it because the writer was encouraging people to forget their dreams. I felt that the writer was encouraging people to burn out those dreams, like people get rid of their old and useless junk in the attic. This made no sense to me as I was reading this passage because I felt that it contradicted what the writer had talked about earlier. I am guessing that he is saying that we should repress our memories so it would come back eventually, instead of expressing those memories and possibly forgetting those memories for the rest of their lives. In the next paragraph, the writer explained why he wrote this passage. The writer wanted people to get a knack for developing ideas randomly, that ideas

Later that night, as Jake recorded his observations of the town and harbor in his notebook, his mind wandered to Nell’s easy confidence when she navigating around her daddy’s store. He realized that he had seen the Harmony often docked behind Guthrie’s Hardware, and he wondered if it was her boat. Was she working with Lowell? He took a slug of bourbon to wash the image out of his mind. One thing he concluded was that Charlie Lowell could not be the brains behind the rum-running operations that functioned so openly on Front Street. He suspected that the police were being paid off in money or hooch.