Final-The Great GAstby

“Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.”
–Letter, Aug. 1936, to Ernest Hemingway

I thought this quote was very realistic and true and related a lot to The Great Gatsby. After reading The Great Gatsby,I noticed that F. Scott Fitzgerald has a unique way of writing and introducing his characters in the story. I think that Fitzgerald created Gatsby as an imagine of himself who has the same morals and expects of life. I felt very inspired of Gatsby of how he lived his life. He threw parties every Saturday to bring people together. He wasn't stuck-up with his money when he threw his party. To Gatsby people were just people. It also made me realized that not everything in life is fair. He showed everything from the West Egg to the East Egg was so separated in the story. I would never expected that Gatsby was effected by this because he wanted to be with his love Daisy but the economical and social problems effected this. What inspired me the most was how Gatsby took the blame of killing Myrtle rather than Daisy get punished for it. Even though she didnt wait for him after the war, she was his inspiration to try harder in life. When he received the wealth after hard work he realizes that he is the one who should be happy of all he accomplish, not for someone else.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

Main Characters:

Nick
Tom
Daisy
Ms. Baker
Mr. Gatsby

-Nick comes from the East Egg to work in bonds

- Nick fought in the Great War.

-He lives next door to e Gatsby.

-Daisy is his cousin.

-Tom Buchaman is Daisy husband who went to Yale with Nick

In the first chapter, Nick Carraway moves to New York to work in the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg where supposedly its where the rich live at. He goes to his cousin Daisy's house for dinner where he learns many of things about the past. He hears them mentioning Gatsby, his next door neighbor for a short second. After the party, he goes home where he finally catches a glimpse of his mysterious neighbor Gatsby standing on his lawn with his arms reaching out to the water.

Amy Lowell is a very well known poet during her time. She was born on February 9,1874 in Brookline,Massachusetts. She traveled a lot where she became inspired to study poetry by a European actress Eleonora Duse for her talent and beauty. Later on she begins to write more exotic,imagery and emotional work when she meets the love of her life Ada Dwyer Russells. For being a lesbian she was judged a lot by people during her time. On famouspoemsandpoets.com states that "critics were offended by her lesbianism, by the way she wore men's shirts and smoked cigars, and even by her obesity. They argued that she must not have experienced true passion, reflecting a common prejudice that women who are overweight cannot possibly be sexual beings". Well that didn't stop her from writing poetry.

In her poem Music she uses good imagery of how music can be created. Through out her poem she uses a lot of free verse. She also uses good imagery of the music being played in the different room of the house.I think this is poem was very relaxing and very lay back.

In her other poem "At Night," she gives many examples of imagery. I think it very similar to Music because in Night she refers the wind in the night as music and the sea waves making loud crashing noises as it hits the floor.I really enjoyed reading this poem because it made me want to go and sit outside and hear sounds the night has to offer. While reading and anaylizing i noticed Amy Lowell poems very good descriptive imagery. I don't think her poems are distinctly American because she describes like objects and nature. She describes how things are simply created by simple things. She gives her reader good imagery of certain things and what they create.

Music by Amy Lowell

Music

Amy Lowell

The neighbour sits in his window and plays the flute.
From my bed I can hear him,
And the round notes flutter and tap about the room,
And hit against each other,
Blurring to unexpected chords.
It is very beautiful,
With the little flute-notes all about me,
In the darkness.

In the daytime,
The neighbour eats bread and onions with one hand
And copies music with the other.
He is fat and has a bald head,
So I do not look at him,
But run quickly past his window.
There is always the sky to look at,
Or the water in the well!

But when night comes and he plays his flute,
I think of him as a young man,
With gold seals hanging from his watch,
And a blue coat with silver buttons.
As I lie in my bed
The flute-notes push against my ears and lips,
And I go to sleep, dreaming.

Kate Choplin

In Kate Chopin writings she shows varies examples of American Romantics and American American Realism in her piece "Lilacs" and "A Pair of Silk Stockings". American Romantic is the expression of an individual who innate goodness and eventual perfectibility. In "Lilacs," Chopin brings out the character, Adrienne imagination and feelings towards her love when the lilacs bloom. However in the end she is banned from the convict because of her lies. The theme of her story was if you love something that much you should cherish it forever and it will never die. Everywhere Adrienne would go she would keep and remember the sweet smell of the lilacs.
In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," Chopin uses many examples of American Realism. American Realism is the freedom of choice that was limited by the power of outside forces. In "A Pair of Silk Stocking," women were treated very different from men. Women were expected to dress in high class clothes and had to do all the cooking and cleaning. The theme of the story is motivation. The character Mrs. Sommers showed the reader her actions and views of her desire of clothes she wanted. There's nothing special about a pair of silk stockings but to Mrs.Sommers it meant more than anything in the world. Instead of spending the fifteen dollars on her children she decides to spend it on herself. Another theme I found was selfishness. To treat oneself and find happiness was the goal in this story.I found it little humorous how she was poor and instead of spending it on her children she spends it all on herself. I expected in the ending that she was going to only spend half the money on herself and other for her children;however I was wrong.
I enjoy reading Kate Chopin's work. There very easy to relate especially if your a women. When I read "A Pair of Silk Stockings," I was pretty glad that I didn't have to live in that time because of women being mistreated. I think Kate Chopin gives her readers good imagery as if you were actually there. You also get a feeling of the characters desire and motivation for something. Out of reading both of her stories I find that its all around one character who only cares for themselves. The character's don't really care what the consequence is once they get what they wanted. I thought reading both of her stories were very interesting and amusing.