Film Review

1)The messsage of the book and the move-
Wealth does not equal happiness, money doesn't buy true love, love can blind you, Old money looks down on new money, People are selfish

2) Fitzgerald use of color-
specific character, helps to remember character, imagery, descriptive words, Nick as narrator is judgmental, symbols- the green light, Dr. T.J, Ekleburg, valley of ashes, cars bad driving= careless people.

3) Techniques used-
zoom in, close-ups, long shots, close-ups of background, rapid transitions eyes of T.J ro car, music, dead bird, shouting, blue died, Argument @ the restaurant, Daisy crazy, Tom excellent. Myrtle dramatic punching window.

comparison of the fimail characters

The female characters in the move are presented differently from that of the book. Fitzgerald used the characters to support the story and also to show each of their role in the main point of the book. One of the main female characters of the book, Daisy symbolised how the wealthy women of the 1920s live and their involvement in society. Daisy in book was materialistic, beautiful, very lazy and even though she may sound stupid she actually was very smart about her life. In the move Daisy was a very shallow character she sounded really dome. Myrtle in the book didn't rally have much of importance, she was just a supporting character to show Tom's behavior but in the move she was very dramatic and her importance in the story was very intense, like her cause of the death of two mean. Jordan both in the book and in the move was just there to support some of the ideas of the book To give information to Nick and to complex Nick's character in the move. She did not change as the storey goes on even though her character was similar to that of most of the wealthy women of her time she was presented as a smart and independent women. Overall The female characters of the move shoed the role of women in those times and how mean treat them.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer how was influenced by his ....

" dreams of becoming rich and famous, succeeds, and is then destroyed by his dream; who realizes his gifts early and burns out early."
* Because of his intust of being in the upper class, most of the storys of his book, The Great Gatsbay was about people in the first class with diffrent businsess.


"In 1935 Tender Is the Night, a novel that many admirers of Fitzgerald’s work regard as his finest novel, was published; it sold few copies. To earn money he went to Hollywood, where he was treated as a dim figure from the past and given hack writing jobs. He has described his state of mind during these years in several disturbing, memorable essays."

"Fitzgerald suffered a nervous breakdown, and from then on she spent most of her time in sanitariums. Fitzgerald was obliged to find money to pay her bills; in addition, he had run up considerable debts"


* He was involved in Hollywood, and this book he had discribed his atate of mind after his fife's death

Reflections of American Culture

Looking back at the books we have read it says a lot about American culture and what it means to be an American. The chalenges and coflicta that we face as Amricans is learnig to ;ive with each other in a moral way. In the Bean Tees, the main chraceter Taylor was helping two eligal immgrants to find their way in a safe place to live. This shows the lives of many Americans today.

Personal Ad Reflection

I think that in 3rd per, Antu's group did a good job because it looked so real and they did a good on presenting Pruffrock as a formal and interesting kind of person.

J. Alfred Prufrocks at Gunderson

YES there are students like J. Alfred Prufrocks at Gunderson kids that find it hard to associate with other students, people that are more independent and sometimes narrow minded. I think I can be like that sometimes not just to the opposite sex but to people in general. I think it is because I try to look too much into the reasoning behind having to get to know people. I don't like that about myself I should want to know and care for people because it is the right think to do not because I will get something out of it.

Debate Information and Reflection on Homework

After WW1 America was too involved and not only that but was declining in it's economy. The US is expanding its troops and using technology to kill people. Imperialism also begin spreading in the minds of the leaders this was because the need for resources and new market was growing during the war. Any how, the country was in a time of materialism and consumerism that made the real value of the people the country was gone.

Progress, Technology and Science

The way I see it human bins are layers when we first didn't have predictions we based everything on something we can to define a limit to our understanding we answer everything in God's terms. And after that we used our resources to progress and research to understand our surrounding. I think that technology and science is gust a phase especially if we continue in what we are doing. Through came to a conclusion because he has looked around him and nor just at him self. If we all Humans start to look around and not force so much on our need and see some one ells we might be able to gar our of this circle.

The Power Of The Individual

I think in all of the books we have read the main characters Taylor from Bean Trees, Roy Hobs of The Natural, Guy Montage from Fahrenheit 451 ... All of then changer society in one way or the other. I don't think it's idealistic for a person to change something or some one because My life is surrounded with people that changed me and continue to teach me like the kids in my class, my sister, my little cousin all of them people they have something to teach ans something to say.

Forbidden Topics

There are a lot of things that I chose not to know that I know now but now that know what I once was scared to find out I am glad I learned. If people, students, anyone is not ready to learn, to accept and be open minded then LEARNIG anything is BAD!!!!

Debate Reflection

How did you work together as a team?
We did very good every one knew what they where suppose to do and did it.

How did your part turn out?
I think that I did OK to I wan my introduction and that was cool.

Who stood out on your team? Who stood out on the other team?
The one person that I think stood out in my team is Eadie. He did very good!! And on the other team even if I don't want to admit it I think Rayen did a good job.

Did you change your opinion about the topic because of the debate?
Kind of at first I hater the book because I had to read it and when I read it I still hated it because I didn't understand it well. But he debate helped to see what the writer really meant by writing these story.

Race relations today!

Jim and Huck would be amazed by today's progress in the relationships of different races. Like our first black president I think that will make them change their perspective.They would also appreciate the equality and standard of life all human beings share. Even thought equality hasn't reached it's ideal goal it has come so fare from Huck and Jim's time.

To Teach!!!!!

To Teach
* reminder of what happened
* not to make the same mistake
* understand human character
* show how it affects today

Not To Teach
* a negative input on human character
* affiancing to African Americans
* forget the past and move on
* keep the people from questioning,
hating, revolting against society
and government.

I agree with teaching. we all deserve to know the past so we don't make the same mistake. Every generation must have the opportunity to learn from the past and teach the future. Even though most of our lessons cost us great amount of destruction and blood it is our generational right to do so. Besides it will be a waste if others don't learn from it. We as humans are full of mistakes and the one way to stop all this we have clearly denied it as an option. Rather we want to make mistakes that cost us liefs to earn the lesson we where given but dined from God. So It our right to learn from the past and even though it may not look pretty, for those who don't know God it is the only way of not making the same mistake.

aother-versions-of-huck-finn

In the Spike Lee and Ralph Wiley's version of Huch Finn Jim was given a more complex human like character. There where times when Jim would think for awhile before saying anything and the conversation between Jim and Huck where in equality meaning that nobody seemed over poring in their dialogs. I think the writers wrote the script this way to display the race situation of their time. Lost of people wanted equality between blacks and white.

Banned

Most of the books that are banded in the US happen to be about homosexuality. I don't know if it is good to band books and music because of their message. I personally don't like them for my reasons but I guss others should get the chance to chose.

Change

If I can change the human nature I would change guilt with love, laziness with Passion, hate with understanding, and fear with trust. But to tell the truth if I had the real chance to do so I don't think that I would change anything. Because the world and everything in it has a way of balancing itself. Some like to do bad and others do good some people are really lazy and others are workaholics so I wouldn't change anything.

satire

satire: A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

While looking at the onion it had some interesting stores and the way they are toiled is even more interesting. From what I understand a satire is an information sours where all the facts are presented in a sarcastic and humerus way. I read one of them and it was about the titanic. The article talked about the tragedy of the situation then compared it to global warming by using the floating ice. It takes creative minds to use any opportunity and change in to one thing to mean another kind of like layers.