Chapter 9 summarizes the ending as Gatsby's funeral and Nick moving back to the West. Nick makes the connection to the difference between the West Egg and the Easy, by using people like Tom and Daisy, and Gatsby who have a lot of money. I thought it was rude and very cowardly of Tom to present Nick with the whole, "Gatsby deserved to die" thing. It angers me, like as a reader it should, that a character could be so careless. I have to keep reminding myself that this is just a book. Overall, I loved the comparison to what the explorers saw when they first entered America and the scene Nick created in the backyard at Gatsby's old house. Gatsby proves the quote that money cannot buy happiness, his happiness was Daisy and he couldn't even acquire to get her, It is quite sad because I was very fond of Gatsby and his perspective on the world surrounding him, very wise man, indeed. I hope that Nick carries on Gatsby's life when he moves back to Minnesota and never forgets the friend and life he once had in the East Egg.
Things are sure heating up on the dramatic side of things, now in the book. Daisy gives birth to a child she has with a man she doesn't love, Tom. Also, Wilson found out about Myrtle's infidelity, but doesn't know who with. I found it ironic that Myrtle was struck by a car, and who was driving the car was Miss Daisy. This for sure wasn't just an accident and probably our of spite for what Myrtle had done with her husband, Tom. This leads to the question, "Did Daisy know about the affair?" Her actions displayed certainly give a good argument for why she did know. In these two chapters we see more of Gatsby's unending love for Miss Daisy, he watches her and Tom outside the house to make sure Daisy is not hurt by Tom. He also takes the blame for hitting Myrtle, which was in fact Daisy's responsibility. It is sort of sad, because obviously Gatsby is sad that Daisy has returned to Tom, but he seems to never give up his feelings he holds for her. I cannot believe Gatsby was killed, I am flabbergasted. I did not understand why Wilson killed Gatsby, he wasn't even Myrtle's lover. He clearly had some mental issues if he killed him and then himself. I feel like he knew it wasn't Gatsby, but blamed it on him for some reason. There's a deeper meaning, there always is. Gatsby didn't even see it coming, which I don't know if I like or not. I can't imagine what he was thinking and if he died a happy man, I would say he didn't.
Chapter Four, left readers on sort of a cliff hanger, intensely waiting for what will happen when Gatsby and Daisy are now reconciled again. The day of their meeting, it rains which sets a mysterious mood to the chapter. They seem to go through all the emotions of nervousness, shock, and eventually happiness So much that Nick sees that he doesn't have a place in the conversation anymore. It's clear that these two lovers have a history, and establish a connection right away. So much that Carroway sees this before making his departure. Chapter 6 opens up with a history of Gatsby's childhood and how he rose to his riches. And then goes on back to the Gatsby and Daisy situation, where now Daisy's husband, Tom is brought into it. The mood created is one eerie mood, and Daisy seem to be uncomfortable. It ends kind of sad, when Nick gets the impression that what Gatsby wants, is only a dream, and one has ended. A dream of her leaving Tom.
I found it intriguing that Carroway received a personal invitation to one of Gatsby's parties, with the comments being made that not a lot of people receive personal invitations to his so called, "famous" occasions. Through Carroway's ecstatic emotions, it is obvious that the author is foreshadowing a deeper connection between Nick and Gatsby. Could this connection be of the romantic level? I for one do not see it happening, though there are some weird moments between the two at the party. I know that Gatsby is in love with Ms. Daisy and Carroway is dating Jordan, therefore is not a homosexual. Carroway's fascination with Gatsby, is very interesting and it opens up how two worlds, one so lavished (Gatsby) and one so humdrum (Carroway) can be connected and brought together.
We discussed in class, that the author has put a sexual tone onto the chapter. We have to dig deeply to discover it, though. I noticed several different emotions by the characters in this chapter. The mysteriousness of the City Nick and Tom went to, along with actually introducing Myrtle, the mistress. There was more information about Gatsby, in him being related to the leader of Germany in World War 1. I felt like this being added into the chapter, is for a certain purpose in which will be revealed later on. The different settings, contributed to not only to sexual references, but created a very eerie mood. And to end it with domestic violence, adds a certain tone onto the story. Sort of like a suspenseful tone.
In the awakening of the book, there is a presence of a narrator by the name of Nick Carroway. He presents the first couple sentences with words from his father. These words open up the story to give the audience an appeal of what this book for tells.
The whole realms of the parable phase a different outlook on life than one might say compared to Emerson and Thoreau's point of views, involving transcendentalism. In the beginning, the author sheds light onto a setting of going to church, and the key term, "sunlight" in this text helps bring this forth, as a transcendentalist idea. Though, the perception of the story quickly changes to support something of darkness, secrecy, and an unsettling demeanor. The whole concept of the black veil is set on the weary side of any transcendentalist principles, but there is more to the story than just an image of the black veil.
Dr. Webb made references to several elements of rhetoric in his passage titled, "Soccer Is Ruining America". Firstly, he uses several rhetorical questions throughout his writing, for example, "What other game, to put it bluntly, is so boring to watch?" This was a statement made to suggest the claim he created that Soccer is indeed a boring game. He followed this with his own data to support his created claim. He can be also seen comparing the sport of soccer to, "The rocking of a boat without any storm and while the boat has not even left the dock." In the first paragraph of this writing, Dr. Webb has clearly stated his beliefs on soccer and why he does not particularly like it.
As he develops his plot in this writing, Webb uses the listing technique to list the four major reasons, that he believes, is the reason that soccer is ruining America. Lists are known to provide simple, concise, and easy information that the readers can follow. He can be seen connecting Soccer to Christianity and what God has said in the Bible. He uses this as logos in providing information from the text in the Bible, to support another claim that feet are a sign of disrespect, and hands are divine. As the writing peace comes to a close, the authors sarcastic tone and point of view are shown. He provides personal pronouns while telling the audience who he is and what he does. Then ends the writing, in a twist, contradicting everything he has previously said. He states, that at his daughters soccer games, he sits on the sidelines and reads quietly. That is his contribution to the protest of how soccer is ruining America. This last sentence proposes the underlying factor that he was being sarcastic and completely ridiculous in all of his previous statements. He is using a sarcastic humor to dumbfound his readers which is contrary to his previous statements. recently, mayor of new york city, bill de blasio gave a eulogy during the funeral for assassinated nypd police officer, wenjian liu. this was scheduled to pay tribute to the assassination in cold blood of liu. just before de blasio entered to give his speech, several fellow nypd officers turned their backs on him, literally. i believe they did this to symbolize the lack of respect that they have for de blasio, after the comments he made regarding his son and the fear of cops he should have. de blasio is a father of a bi-racial son, dante, and during a speech de blasio referenced the fact that he is scared for his son if he ever has to INTERFERE with policeman in the future. He was clearly making references to the killings of michael brown and eric garner that had previously OCCURRED. I find it totally ironic that de blasio would BLATANTLY disrespect the police officers in new york city, and then once two of them were shot and killed innocently, he would feel so sorrowful to speak at the funeral of one. i also find it ironic that before he became mayor, he was the chief of police of new york city. he is throwing his previous co workers and teammates "under the bus". i truly believe the comments made by de blasio factored into the murder of the tw police officers and basically perceived them as being morally okay to the murderer. nothing about this is okay, and will never be okay. i believe that de blasio is a coward, and hides behind his lack of duty to be a mayor. he is a disgrace to the nypd, and a disgrace to new york city. in the end of his eulogy he quoted, "let us move forward by strengthening the bonds that unite us," and "let us work together to attain peace." peace shall not come with violent protests and cold blooded assassinations of innocent police officers, not to mention they were not even of the white race. this race issue will not be solved until people grow up and realize that the color of your skin shall not matter, this goes for all races. martin luther king jr would not stand for the lack of peace during such protests. he is ashamed of what this world has come to. mLK did not kill or harm anyone, but did not let ignorance stop him from doing what was right.Thomas Paine was a very influential and persuasive writer in his time. He uses specific elements of rhetoric to guide and persuade his audience. The document, “Common Sense” was no other than what Paine believed what common sense was, but how the people of America had become so oblivious to what they were getting themselves into. This involved the reconciliation between England and the colonies, but Paine disagreed with the reconciliation and called the American people to refuse and revolt against it. He used several elements of rhetoric to explain, persuade, and prove why the American people should not reconcile with the British. In the first sentence of his argument he says, “I have nothing more to offer than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense. He lists these in an orderly fashion and they all agree with each other in terms of speaking the truth at an easy and understandable level. Paine shifts to a serious note when talking about the relationship between the American colonies and the British. “The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pen on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge the tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters.” This quote by Paine has several rhetoric devices including pathos, similes, and metaphors. He uses these specific words and rhetoric language to explain to the American people that they need to depart from their British mother country and succeed as a nation of its own, claiming that Britain will only drag the nation down, not in the direction they should go. “To the commencement of hostilities, are like the almanacs of last year, which though proper then, are superseded and useless now. This simile use relates to his suggestion that the old principles of the thirteen colonies, formally known as British rule need to be abolished and are useless to the succession of the nation’s future. He then addresses claims of American succession with the help of Britain, but quickly argues the claim with specific fact. He uses metaphors throughout this piece of text to provide rhetoric to the audience. “We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty.” Paine does an excellent job driving to his message that the best of America is without the reconciliation with Great Britain. He compares the thirteen colonies to a child, which to an outsider would not be seen as a proper comparison and he claims, like the child needs meat, America needs its version of the “meat”, as well. This would be an excellent use of rhetoric towards the common man to help them understand his concerns with the use of an understandable comparison. At last, Paine does a great job at backing all of his claims with data and warrant. He can be seen using outside information such as the Seven Year’s War, stating that we should be companions with all European countries, yet the British involvement in the war has destroyed such ability to reconcile with France or Spain. He claims that their countries and their involvement in trade and economics would greatly benefit the thirteen colonies, yet the British control has ruined even such an ability to think that. In closing, Paine is a master at rhetoric devices in order to get his opinions and vie points across to a group of people, and also at persuading such people to gather and revolt against what he believes and proves as, common sense.
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