The pearl blog 1

I feel that this book can only end badly. I think there's no way they are going to succeed in passing the mountains. For one it is written by Steinbeck he is never ending with happiness but also the pearl seems like a very bad omen to me.  Also feel that the book is not very good plot wise it seems very flatlining and unexciting.

Pygmalion blog 2

At the end of the book I was angry in fact the first time I saw this show I was so angry I refused to get up until they came back on and finished it. Eventually they asked my friends and into leave because they were cleaning the theatre. I really dislike the end because you don't get the sense of fulfillment you do from most books like Harry Potter and the like because Higgins and Liza don't end up together as you feel they should.

Pygmalion blog one

At the end of act two in Pygmalion Pickering and Higgins I felt excited for the quest to make Liza into a lady. I felt the choice for it to be set in London was interesting because it seems to make more sense for a person with a very poor understanding of grammar to come from the country. However I understand that Shaw was Brittish thus this choice makes more sense. I identified with Higgins because I have younger siblings and can become very agitated with them when they mess things up.

Cuckoo's nest 2

In the first part Of the book McMurphy is benefitting while the nurse continues to struggle to keep him down even though it is obvious that Chief cheers for McMurphy I like the Big Nurse she is only doing what she is supposed to McMurphy is just causing trouble he is a troublemaker and the only people that Nurse was hurting were those who she didn't know how to deal with it isn't completely her fault that she doesn't know what to do for them.

Cuckoo's nest 1

In the first few pages McMurphy is a hero he is shown as an aid to the patients to change their ways and to be themselves instead of conforming to the big nurse's cookie cutter form. The chief does not really fit into one of the categories as he doesn't really participate in e proceedings. The big nurse is obviously a villain as she forces the other characters into her form like the "combine" described.

Gatsby post 3

1) Is the final sentence possitive or negative in terms of does he mean we should keep trying or give up on our dreams?
I believe the final sentence is negative that he means we must give up on our dreams and move on because of Fitzgerald's own history. When he gives up on so many of his dreams like being a chemist and being truly rich like many of his friends. I think that it is pessimistic also because of the fact that Gatsby dies. If Gatsby reached Daisy and got her to come back to him I think that it would make sense that it was positive however I believe because he cannot reach her and dies it means that you cannot escape what you are today.
2) Who is Gatsby supposed to be symbolically?
I believe that Gatsby represents Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald throughout his life was possessed by ambitions he could never achieve we see this also in Gatsby's life with his striving for Daisy. He also at the time the was written had lost his love Zelda because he didn't have enough money for her just like Gatsby didn't have enough to keep Daisy. They also shared that they both wanted a past love. Eventually Fitzgerald married Zelda although sadly soon after they were married Zelda developed schizophrenia, however ay the time they were seperated and Fitzgerald was certain they would never be together
3) how effective was the use of symbolism in The Great Gatsby?
I believe that the symbolism in this book is extremely effective because there are so many ways to interpret each of the characters and the places. Gatsby, Nick, both eggs, the eyes, the valley of ashes all of which are symbolic of things and can be interpreted differently.
Gatsby and Nick are most commonly disputed however all these symbols are at least mildly disputed.
4. Why does Fitzgerald leave unfinished the last sentence of the second to last paragraph of the book?
I believe it was to create hope and show that hope doesn't cause something real that just because we want something bad enough doesn't mean we get it the entire book we root for Gatsby yet in the end he never reaches his goal he loses it and such does the sentence we build up hope.... Then never get the satisfaction of completion showing Fitzgerald's understanding of the human condition.

Gatsby blog 2

1) Wolfsheim as a character makes Gatsby a more humanized character He seems less godlike and perfect. He is very idealized by Nick but with the entrance of Wolfsheim Ushers in a sense of doubt of Gatsby's perfection.

2) It kind of explains Gatsby and his pressure to have these parties

3) it makes me respect him more the idea of coming back and trying to work your way back to your girl is so romantic

4) I like him more he feels more realistic you can see through the fog of Nick's beliefs of Gatsby to the real him and I like the real him better the idea of a person trying to get back their love.