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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/

This gives an entire layout of all of the literary elements. It gives detailed explanations of all the elements

http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Great_Gatsby/Great_Gatsby_Fitzgerald_Study_Guide26.html

This is a "comparison of the corrupting influence of wealth to the purity of a dream." They say this is the main theme of the book.

http://www.gradesaver.com/the-great-gatsby/study-guide/major-themes/

This website gives the major themes of the book. This made me think more about the book's meaning.

http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/wealth-theme.html

This explains the theme of wealth. It talks about how wealth isn't always fulfilling.

https://www.msu.edu/~millettf/gatsby.html

This is a professional complete analysis of the book. It came from a university, so it talks about advanced literary elements.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_main_theme_of_the_Great_Gatsby

This explains how the main theme of the book is the pursuit of the American dream. I disagree with this.

http://www.novelguide.com/thegreatgatsby/themeanalysis.html

This is an analysis of the theme.

http://www.enotes.com/great-gatsby/q-and-a/great-gatsby-what-theme-23121

This says the theme is the loss of the American dream and the loss of innocence

http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1704218.html



http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090108100454AAY2iK5



http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/greatgatsby/



http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/dissatisfaction-theme.html



http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=26797



http://www.enotes.com/great-gatsby/theme-time-great-gatsby



http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/gender-theme.html



http://yeetadee.edublogs.org/2010/12/14/the-great-gatsby-theme-analysis/



http://libguides.mpsaz.net/content.php?pid=98604&sid=751515



http://www.mannmuseum.com/great-gatsby-theme-and-character-anlysis-of-tom-and-daisy/



http://wjsn.home.xs4all.nl/tekst/greatgatsby.htm

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The Great Gatsby

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Dylan Bird said...

These pictures make the book seem like the main characters had hard lives. This and the fact that I love monkeys have interested me in your book. A family that has a rough life and a monkey can't be uninteresting. No wonder someone wrote a book about it. My only criticism is the small amount of pictures. There are enough monkeys on here to interest me, but someone without the same obsession of monkeys and a bigger attention span than me would probably not be as interested. However, nice choice of monkey pictures. The last one really captures the stress in their faces.. ha

Dylan Bird said...

Hey Richard, nice job with the video. The mood of The Great Gatsby is really dramatic and you portrayed that well in this video. I read the book as well and I think you did a great job mixing in the plot with your comedy. My only criticism is that you could have actually cried in the end. It seemed to be a painful enough memory to bring the tears out. I hope you find your Caroline, no matter her relation to Michael.

Dylan Bird said...

Well guys, you did an alright job. The entire concept of adapting a monkey into a human lifestyle interested me in this book. Michael, you did a decent job at explaining things and trying to keep everything in order. Walker, you added the comic effect to the video that made me want to keep watching. To be perfectly honest, I was laughing the whole time this was being made. I think I will be reading this book next quarter, so this vlog was not at all a failure to sell the book to the audience. You know what they say, everything's better with a monkey.

Blog 3- Music Blog!

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Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in D Minor K.266 K.517

The song really captures the dramatic and ironic mood of The Great Gatsby. All of the characters seem to have many mood swings and changes of heart. For example, Tom was always cheating on Daisy at the beginning of the book, but after she cheated on his he changed his mind. He was all about Daisy after he saw that he was losing her. In the song, there is a back and forth change in the key. This reminds me of the back and forth fighting and cheating between Daisy and Tom. They both try to escape from each other by going to other people, but in the end they run away together. This is just one example of how ironic The Great Gatsby is.
The title "The Great Gatsby" is ironic by itself, because Gatsby really isn't that great. An evident reason of this is that he bootlegs his money. His obsession with Daisy is ironic as well. He makes her out to be the most amazing woman in the world, but really she is selfish and avoids any blame with her wealth and social standings. Gatsby reached his goal of achieving wealth, yet he was never satisfied. His ultimate goal was always to win Daisy. Ironically, after he spent all of his life and time chasing after her, it ended in the death of Gatsby. The day before he died, Daisy professed her love to Gatsby. Incredibly enough, she didn't show up to his funeral, or even call to send her condolences. Irony and drama were the main moods of The Great Gatsby, and "Sonata in D Minor" captured these moods well.

Blog 2- Picture Blog!

Nick Carraway graduated from Yale.
Gatsby attended Oxford.Tom break's Myrtle's nose.

 Daisy cheats on Tom with Gatsby.
 Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle.
 Myrtle is hit by Gatsby's car.
 Gatsby throws huge parties
 Two islands that the main characters live  on.
 Gatsby owns a mansion
 Characters spend a lot of time in New York
 Mr. Wilson works on cars
 Young love between Gatsby and Daisy
 Gatsby smokes cigarette, which was frequently mentioned throughout the book.
Nick used the train for transportation to work.
The song played when Gatsby and Daisy reunite.
New York's bay that separated the two islands.
Pool where Gatsby was murdered.
Jordan Baker golfs.
Gatsby's yellow car.
Few people attended Gatsby's funeral.

Blog 1!

Hello, my name is Dylan Bird. I am blogging about a book I am reading for my English class. I've never read or posted a blog before so this is very new to me. I also don't read very much so this assignment may test me a little bit.  My previous classes have made me read books, but never blog about them for anyone to see. I prefer reading books where there is always something going; that way the book doesn't bore me. I like a book that will make me think about what will happen next, a book that will keep me in suspense. I don't like books that have corny or original endings. My future blogs will tell you if the books I read are up to my standards.

The purpose of this blog is for a program called Reading for a Lifetime. My school used this as a chance for extra credit in the past. However, this year my English 3 class is doing it in class. The idea is that you whoever participates reads four books, one for each school quarter. You choose out of a list of 25 books issued out by the Illinios State Library. If you finish the program you get a certificate of completion from Jessy White. The book I will be reading is called "The Great Gatsby". I chose this book because the storyline, from what I was told, sounded interesting. I am looking forward to reading this book.

Over the course of this year, I will be blogging over a few topics. One thing i would like to blog about is baseball. Baseball takes up a lot of my time and is a big part of my life. I think it would be a easy, fun topic to blog about. I would also like to blog about school. For example anything thats big news or anyhting that is going on around the school would be fun to blog about.