http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:05:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery] This I Believe     It had been a rough day - nothing seemed to be going right. I had backed into a newspaper stand, done poorly on a test; I forgot a textbook and had to race home, which resulted in being a few minutes late to class. I dreaded going to ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/10/this-i-believe/ I found this in a file on my Jump Drive when I was cleaning it up, and figured I would post it! :) Trubey assumes that his audience owns a TV and prefers that entertainment to love entertainment. He also assumes that people don't recognize the extent that television controls our ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/07/the-argument-against-tv/ American Dream AND Character Development   "And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes-a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-journal-9/ American Dream "...What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?'" (157)   Fitzgerald makes the point here that at the end of the day, even if you've obtained what you thought you wanted, if there is no one ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-8/ American Dream " "Big chance," Wilson smiled faintly. "No, but I could make some money on the other." "What do you want money for, all of a sudden?" "I've been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go West." "Your wife does," exclaimed Tom, startled. "She's been talking ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-7/ American Dream "So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-6/ American Dream "Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-journal-5/             American Dream The first several pages of this chapter list prominent and important figures that populate Gatsby's party. These figures play into what part of Gatsby's perception of the American Dream is - social standing. People may not know who you truly are, but if they are willing to come and ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-journal-4/ American Dream The intent for the argument of the American Dream is made known through Gatsby in this chapter.   "A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby's house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/the-great-gatsby-journal-3/ The American Dream Fitzgerald discusses a different type of the American Dream in this chapter. He focuses on the destruction of what one conceives to be the American Dream.   "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. "I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't ... http://janaembutterfield.edublogs.org/2009/05/25/the-great-gatsby-journal-2/