Last Blog of the Year

My favorite topic for the blogs was finding music based on the great Gatsby. It was my favorite because i really enjoyed the book and i find the twenties very interesting.  My least favorite blog was the walk through Harlem.  I found that one a little boring.  I learned a lot from doing my blogs.  Depending on how far behind i was or what mood i was in determined how much effort i put into writing my blogs. I'm really glad that i was given this task every week because it does give me time to settle down and reflect on how I feel about what i'm learning about. I enjoyed the opinion blogs because it gives me a chance to think about my own thoughts.

my favorite books:
The Great Gatsby
The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible

My favorite short stories:
The Yellow Wallpaper
A Warn Path
Walden

Advice for Mrs. Wolf

Some advice i have for Mrs. Wolff is too make sure she has structure in all her classes.  She should be able to keep her teaching fun without letting the kids take advantage of her being a new teacher.  She should definitely keep the graffiti board. I really enjoyed my sophomore English class because it was clear that Mrs. Pitman was aware of what she was doing and she kept good control of her class. My love and understanding for English grew a lot in that class. In my junior English class it was a lot different than sophomore year but i learned so much and my love for English keeps on growing. It is apparent that Mrs. Pitman and Mrs. Williams love what they do and it shows through their work. As long s she knows what she is doing and shows her love for English through her work and does not let kids slack off i believe she will be fine.

The Great Gatsby

  1) I’m Sitting on Top of the World by Al Jolson
People with “old money” such as Gatsby. Tom was in a sense higher in the world than Gatsby such as Tom were seen as better than people with “new money” 

2) I ain't got nobody - Marion Harris: This song would be fitting at the end of the book when Nick is all alone.

3)"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Johnny Marvin and The Leonard Joy Orchestra

This song reflects how Gatsby must have felt when he thought he had gotten Daisy back again. He believes he can and will repeat the past.

4) The Prisoner's Song- Vernon Dalhart This song reminds me of Myrtle because she feels like a prisoner because she is not married to a wealthy man. 

Mark Twain's Wit

Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection--that is the last and final and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.

- Affection speech, 1907http://www.twainquotes.com/Affection.html

I like this quote because it shows that when people do things good they don't just want an award or a pat on the back, they want to feel like what they did was good.  affection is the ultimate reward and is what people yearn for.  Affection unites people together.  Children are a good example for this.  When they are young and do something they hope is good, the thing that sticks out to them is when they are rewarded with their parents affection. Everyone wants to be loved and affection is the ultimate reward.  At the end of your life you do not remember all the achievements you made or all the prizes you won, you simply remember all the people you've loved.