Chapter 9

It is now 2 years after Gatsby's death, Nick talks about what happened at Gatsby's funeral. There were many reporters and journalist there. People started making up untrue stories about Gatsby and his relationship with Myrtle and Wilson. Nick tries to have a big funeral for Gatsby because he thinks that is what he would have wanted, but not many people show up.The only people that come are Nick, Owl Eyes, some servants, and Gatsby's father. Tom and Daisy did not come, Nick said that they disappeared along with some of his other friends.Gatsby's father is proud of him and takes a picture of his house, and also tells Nick about Gatsby's early life.Nick decides to move back to the Midwest, he ends his relationship with Jordan.When Nick is about to leave he sees Tom in the city. Tom tells him that he is the one that told Wilson that Gatsby hit Myrtle. He says that he deserved to die. Nick realizes that Daisy and Tom think they can do anything because they believe that their money will save them. The night before Gatsby leaves he goes over to Gatsby's house, he looks up at the stars and thinks what it would be like if there were no people on the island. He wonders what it was like for the explorers, how they must have dreamed about life in America just like Gatsby have dreamed of life with Daisy.

It is sad that not many people showed up for Gatsby's funeral, but he really did not have any true friends. He spent most of his life trying to be wealthy so that he could win over Daisy.

Chapter 8

after all of the commotion that happened yesterday Nick could not sleep. The next day he went over to Gatsby's house and Gatsby told him that he waited outside of Tom's house to make sure he wouldn't do anything to Daisy. He didn't and Daisy never even came out of the house. Nick tells Gatsby that he should move on and leave Long Island. Gatsby does not agree to this, he said he could never leave Daisy behind. Then he tells Nick about the days when him and Daisy were going out. He says that he lied about his background because he wanted Daisy to like him and think he was good enough for her. When he left for war Daisy said she would wait for him, but when he came back she had already married Tom. Nick has been at Gatsby's house a long time he leaves because he is going to be late for work. As he is leaving he turns around and tell Gatsby that he is worth more then what he thinks he is worth. When Nick gets to work he is very distracted and cant do his work and even refuses to meet with Jordan later that night. Nick is now thinking about what happened to Myrtle.Nick starts telling what Mr. Wilson was saying to michaleis. He told him that he confronted Myrtle about her lover and then he goes on to say who he thinks hit her. He thinks that the person that hit her was her lover, but then he says it could not have been Tom because he came to the scene after it happened. Wilson goes to Gatsby's house. Gatsby is in the pool looking at the sky. Wilson shoots Gatsby killing him immediately, he then kills himself.Nick gets back from work and goes over to Gatsby's house and finds him dead. He imagines what Gatsby was thinking about now that his relationship with Daisy was over his life, his dream had no meaning.
I think Gatsby's death symbolises that his relationship with Daisy is over, so he dies because his has no reason to live. He spent his whole life waiting and dreaming about life with her and now that she is gone his dream and purpose in life is too.

Chapter 7

Gatsby is so in love with Daisy that he never has anymore parties and gets rid of all of his servants because he doesn't want any rumors to spread about him and Daisy.One summer day Nick goes to Tom and Daisy's house and when he gets there Gatsby and Jordan are there as well. It is getting hard for Gatsby and Daisy to keep their love a secret. Daisy says she is bored and asks Gatsby if he wants to go to the city. Gatsby is surprised by this question, and Tom has now figured out about their love for one another.Tom suggests that they all go to the city together so they do. Nick learns that Mr. Wilson has found out about his wife's affair, though he does not know who the man is. Tom starts to make fun of Gatsby by mentioning how he always says old sport. He also says that he lied about going to Oxford. Gatsby said that he did go just for a short time. Then Tom asks what is going on between him and Daisy.Gatsby says that Daisy loves him and not Tom.Tom then starts saying Gatsby has a bootlegging company.Daisy starts going back to Tom as the fight goes on,in order to prove to Gatsby that Daisy will not leave him she sends Daisy and Gatsby back home together.On the way home Daisy hit Myrtle. Nick gets back to Tom's house and finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car when they hit Myrtle. Gatsby said he would take the blame for it. Gatsby is worried about Daisy so he tells Nick to go and check on her. Nick finds Daisy and Tom together eating chicken and talking. Nick leaves Gatsby alone in the dark.
Now that Gatsby has Daisy he never does anything anymore. The whole reason that he even did all the stuff, like the parties was to impress Daisy.Gatsby thinks that Daisy will leave Tom for him but at the end of the chapter they make up and Daisy forgets about Gatsby.

Chapter 6

More rumors are being spread about Gatsby. Someone even comes to his house to try and get an interview. Nick starts talking about Gatsby's past as it really occurred. Gatsby name was James Gatz, he was born on a farm. He went to college at St. Olafs, he dropped because he had to do janitor work to pay for his schooling and was embarrassed. He got a job fishing for salmon and clams. One day when there was about to be a storm Gatz saw a yatch owned by a wealthy man named Dan Cody. Gatz rowed over to the yatch to warn Cody of the horrible storm. In return Cody took Gatz in as his personal assistant and gave him the name Gatsby. Gatsby enjoyed being wealthy. When Cody died he left Gatsby 25,000 dollars but he did not get it because Cody's lady wouldn't let him have the money. So Gatsby spent his life trying to become rich. One day Nick stops by Gatsby's house and Tom is there along with Mr. and Mrs. Solane. Gatsby gets nervous and tells them that he knows Daisy. Tom does not like this, he thinks that women should not go out alone. Gatsby has another party and Tom and Daisy both come. Tom does not really like parties but comes to keep an eye on Daisy.Nick does not have a very good time at the party and neither does Daisy. Gatsby wants Daisy to leave Tom and be with him. He thinks that he can get anything with all the money he has.
Gatsby dream has always been to be rich and live a glamorus lifestyle. he was born into a poor family and i think he was kind of ashamed about it.

Chapter 5

As Nick is walking home one night he sees Gatsby. Gatsby seems kind of disturbed and keeps trying to make Nick happy.Nick realizes that he is doing this to try and convince Nick to invite Daisy to tea. Nick agrees to help Gatsby, but does not accept any of his offers. Gatsby also asked Nick if he wanted to make some extra money by helping him with some business he does that is not part of his job, of course Nick refuses. Gatsby wants Nick's house to look nice for when Daisy comes so he offers to have someone cut Nick's grass.The day Daisy comes for tea it is raining and Gatsby is very nervous thinks it was a bad idea to even have Daisy come for tea.When Daisy comes Nick goes to introduce her to Gatsby but he was not there.Nick hears a knock at the door and it is Gatsby. He walked around the house.The meeting is very awkward at first but when Nick leaves and then returns an hour later they seem to be enjoying themselves. Gatsby has some guy come play the piano, and Nick then realizes that Gatsby and Daisy dont even notice that he is in the room, so he leaves, and they are alone together.

Chapter 4

At the beginning of the chapter Nick says who all was at the party. Then Nick talkes about when he went to New York with Gatsby. Gatsby told him a few thinks about his past,but Nick is was not really sure if he believed him because when he asked where he was from he said he was from the midwest and Nick asked him where in the midwest and he said San Fransico.Then he tells Nick about some of his accomplishments, Nick does not believe him so then Gatsby shows him a few pictures of what he was talking about.They get to the city and Gatsby takes Nick to lunch and introduces him to Meyer wolfshiem. After meeting Meyer Nick gets the idea that Gatsby's wealth might have somthing to do with some sort of organized crime deal with Meyer.When Nick gets back from lunch he sees Jordan and she tells him what Gatsby told her the night of the party.She said that Gatsby said that he is in love with Daisy Nicks cousin.Jordan told the story of how Daisy and Gatsby met. Then she told Nick that Gatsby wants Nick to invite Gatsby to his house for tea and also Diasy.

chapter 3

Gatsby has this big party at his house and he has one of his butlers give Nick an invitation to his party. Nick goes to the party, he does not know many of the people there. He searches for Gatsby, but does not find him. He sees Jordan and Nick and Jordan stay together for most of the party.While Nick is at the party he hears rumors going around about Gatsby's past. Someone even said they thought that Gatsby killed a man.As the party goes on many people start to get drunk and are getting louder and crazier. Nick and Jordan want to find out about Gatsby so they go looking for him.They don't find Gatsby but instead find a drunk man looking at books in Gatsby's library.later in the night they start talking to this guy who says that Nick looks very familar to him and they find out that they served in the same division together in the war. Nick starts talking about how he has been looking for the host of the party, but he has been no where in sight. Then Gatsby tells him that he is the host. As the party goes on Nick notices that Gatsby does not drink or get involved in the party. He just watches the others enjoying themselves.Later Gatsby wants to talk to Jordan. She was talking to him for about an hour, and when she came out of the roon she told Nick she had heard something very strange.Nick leaves the party. He then talks about his job and what he does each day.He was seeing a girl from New Jersey, but now he wasn't and he begins seeing Jordan. He Knows Jordan is not a very honest person because he has heard that she cheated in one of her golf tournaments, but he doesn't care even though he considers himself to be a very honest person.

Chapter 2

Somewhere in between West Egg and New York there is a deserted place, known as the Valley of Ashes, where the trash of New York is dumped. Men who live here and work at picking up the trash.There is a doctor named T.J. Eckleburg who watches everything that goes on in the deserted place. Nick and Tom take a train that goes through this place and Tom makes Nick get off at one of the stops and introduces him to his lover Myrtle. She is the wife of George Wilson.Tom tells Myrtle to come with him and all three of them go back to New York.They have a party with Myrtle's sister, catherine and a couple named the McKees.Catherine tells Nick that she has heard that Gatsby is somehow realted to the ruler of Germany during World War I. Nick does not like the McKees,they drink a lot throught the party. Nick says that he got drunk and this party for only the second time in his life.Nick does not like what the others are talking about so he tries to leave, but is somehow facinated by terrible sight of the group.Myrtle is drinking a lot and becoming very obnoxious. Tom gives her a puppy and then she brings up his wife. Tom tells her never to talk about her again.Myrtle tells him that she can talk about whatever she wants and starts saying Daisy's name. Tom gets really mad and breaks her noes and the party ends. Nick leaves very drunk with Mr. McKee and goes beck to Long Island.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

Nick Carraway is the narrator in this story. He starts the story by saying how his father told him not to judge other people, because he tends to judge people with very high standards.Nick writes about when he arrived to New York, and lived in a house on a part of Long Island called West Egg.West Egg is where the people that have recently become wealthy live and is right next to East Egg which is where all the people who have been wealthy for a while live. Nick's house is just a modern home, but he lives next to a man named Gatsby whose house is a mansion. Nick goes over to his cousin Daisy's house, who lives on East Egg, to have dinner with her and her husband Tom. Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's is also there, she plays golf. Tom leaves for a while to take a phone call,which Nick finds out is from a girl i nNew York.After dinner Jordan is tired and leaves because she has a golf tournament the next day. As Nick is leaving Daisy tells Nick that he should think about getting close with Jordan. Nick leaves and sees Gatsby for the first time.He has his arms reaching toward the water. Nick looks at the water but doesn't see anything but a green light.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald writings reflected his rough relationship with his wife Zelda. Their lives are a good example of the classic American dream. They went through some very good times and some very bad ones just like many people do. Fitzgerald was in debt a lot because of his and his wife Zelda's expensive lifestyle. The characters in his story The Great Gatsby shows what people were like during the jazz age, it also shows a great example of peoples obsessions and need for money, power, and hope. Zelda was very flirtatious and Fitzgerald was jealous, this caused them to have a hard life together. Zelda dressed provocatively and smoked cigarettes,many women dressed like this during the 20's, they were known as flappers, Fitzgerald liked the free thinking and hedonistic pursuits. These were some of the trends of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald also wrote about his wife's mental breakdowns and dysfunctional relationship.

An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."
This means that writers should not just write for the people living during that time, but also for the future writers and readers.They need to set examples for the writers to follow.

"Exegit monumentum aere perennius
this means i have erected a monument less lasting than bronze.

The Red Badge of Courage paper

Throughout the book Henry is very selfish because during the war he only thinks about his needs and wants.
• Henry shows he is selfish when he leaves this dying soldier and doesn’t even try to help him. The dying soldier also known as the tattered man asked for Henry’s help and he tells Henry that he can’t die because he has kids and he has to come home to them. Seeing the tattered man near death is making Henry very uncomfortable and is causing him great suffering in his thoughts. He just watched his friend die and the thought of seeing another man die is too great for him to think about, so he leaves. The tattered man calls out to him as he is walking away, but Henry just keeps on walking. He shows no sympathy for the tattered man, he leaves because he feels uncomfortable and he is suffering. It is all about him and his feelings and nobody else’s. “The youth, who had been holding a bitter debate with himself and casting glances of hatred and contempt at the tattered man, here spoke in a hard voice. "Good-by," he said.” (Crane 10.25) When Henry gets into a situation that deals with his needs and the needs of other people he always does that thing that is better for his needs even if it will hurt other people.
• Another time Henry was selfish was when he kept Wilson’s letters. At the beginning of the book Wilson gives Henry some letters to give to his family because he thinks he might die. Henry thinks about giving the letters back to Wilson, but then he decides not to because he thinks the letters represent how weak and scared Wilson was at the beginning of the war. Henry thinks keeping the letters gives him some power over Wilson and if he has them he can also avoid any conversation about what happened to him the previous day. “He now rejoiced in the possession of a small weapon with which he could prostrate his comrade at the first signs of a cross-examination. He was master. It would now be he who could laugh and shoot the shafts of derision.” (Crane 15.9) This is very selfish of him because he knows Wilson already feels ashamed of giving Henry the letters and instead of being a kind friend and giving the letters back Henry is selfish and keeps them to benefit himself and to make himself look superior over Wilson. Once again Henry does the thing that he thinks is best for him, he doesn’t care if it hurts Wilson or anyone else as long as he is happy.
• The last example of Henry’s selfishness is when he carries the flag just because he doesn’t want Wilson to look like a better man than him. “The youth and his friend had a small scuffle over the flag. "Give it t' me!" "No, let me keep it!" Each felt satisfied with the other's possession of it, but each felt bound to declare, by an offer to carry the emblem, his willingness to further risk himself. The youth roughly pushed his friend away. “ (Crane 20.3) Henry and Wilson started fighting over who got to carry the flag. Whoever carried the flag was risking their life even more than the soldiers that were just fighting. The soldier that carried the flag also got more glory and honor than the other soldiers. This is a very good example of Henry’s selfishness, because he pushes his friend out of the way, not because he cares about his friend and doesn’t want him to risk his life by carrying the flag, but because he wants to seem braver and manlier than Wilson and he wants to receive the glory and feel like he is better than all the other men that are fighting.

Saving Private Ryan

Light and Dark- when its light out the men were fighting. When it was dark they were usually talking to each other about their lives back home. ex: the soldier who was talking about how he always pretended to be asleep when his mom came home and he didnt know why he did that.
silence and noise-when the seargant was thinking there was silence,this happened when there was a bomb and he couldnt hear so it seemed like everyone around him was quiet.
clean and dirty- The men that are still alive are clean because they are healthy and dont have a major wound that is bleeding everywhere. The men that are dead are dirty because they have been very badly wounded and have blood all over them and some are missing body parts.
ex: the guy at the beginning whose guts are spilling out of his body
youth and maturity-At the beginning of the movie the translator was very afraid to fight and would not kill anyone. He was just there to be a translator, I dont think he was prepared to fight. At the end of the movie he ordered around some of the German soldiers and killed the guy that killed some of his friends.
The dead soldier- the soldier that was talking about his mom and how he never talked to her he pretended he was asleep represents all the mothers at home who have lost their son/sons at war and will never have the chance to talk to them again.
The flag- Represents all the men that have died. When the soldiers die their mothers all get a flag to show that they served in the army and to show all the bravery and courage they showed.
manhood- At the end of the movie the translator finally shows some bravery and courage by shooting the guy and standing up to the Germans.
self preservation-At the beginning the translator was so scared and was always hiding and not getting involved in the fighting.At the end he no longer was so worried about his life and took a chance and actually killed a guy.
disregard for human life-All of them care about the lives of their soldiers, but they know in order to win and to save the lives of more of their men they must be willing to give up their life and the lives of the other soldiers.
Courage-I think all of the men in the movie showed courage at some point. They were all willing to risk their lives to save Ryan and then when they found him and could have gone home they stayed instead to help fight another battle.