The Great Gatsby Movie

Is watching a movie to a book beneficial?

It might be beneficial to watch a books movie sometimes because you can actually see what happens visually. You can get a better picture or thought towards everything that happens. When reading a book we sometimes don't understand something or don't catch something and we might see that in the movie. It's very helpful but sometimes it can have its negativities it can be negative in a way because the movie might have something that the book doesn't mention. 

Today's movie that we watched is way different from the one I have seen. It's very similar but the quality is the only thing that is different. The movie I have seen is way different from what I saw today. The movie starts with a different scene. Kind of like the book starts. Other than that, everything seemed the same. 

So, to answer the question... watching the movie to a book is beneficial because of how you can visually see it. .

The Great Gatsby Essay

The notion of the American dream figures prominently in this story.  How do readers define the American dream?  Moreover, is pursuing the American dream necessarily a good thing?

Socratic Seminar Notes

The Great Gatsby Ch. 8

* Light is a powerful metaphor
* Cigarettes (metaphor)
* Nick told Gatsby that he should leave while all this tragic passed away
* Gatsby found daisy desirable
* He went to this house not knowing that Daisy lived there (that was when he didn't know daisy)
* He was a Pennyless man with a poor past
* He felt married to Daisy
* Daisy wanted to feel that Gatsby was going to come back when he left to war
* She couldn't keep waiting for Gatsby so she sold herself out to Tom
* Wilson shoots Gatsby
* Gatsby dies 😭

Hello America with our State Senator! 🇺🇸

Words by our State Senator-

• Hitler was democratically elected 
• Resources rent put in to covering
• We have to reserve the right to publish 
• Trump- "Open up the first amendment" he doesn't understand that he doesn't have the right to do that. 
• They don't want critical thinking they want obidious 
• We need to have a whole broader definition of education 
• A million ways to measure achievement and learning 
• Continuing in a period where education is all about memorization...
• You need to able to have your brain be part of this process
• We need to arm every teacher so they can defend the students 

Level of concern based on immigration 

• We need to stay informed 
• Social media- have a certain grouping of the people you talk with based on topics
• Get a group and have a constant/ productive conversation 
• Be informed and be interactive 
• Robert Kennedy- "every time you do something like that you create a little energy"
• Donald Trump wants as much power as he can get
• Only power is going to come from the Press, ourselves, and his streaks 
• Go to protests, go to meet ups, write letters...

Does he agree with some concerns of Trump

• Negotiating prescription drug prices
• Lower prices for the people
• Intro structure building spending 
• His objective is not so much of policies
• With Trump he doesn't even get to the policies 
• We have to make sure that we still have a democracy in 4 years 

What we can do for him!

• Elect smart thoughtful people 
• Trump used to go to these poor trumps, we're gonna say that we're too rich
• Question then closesly and see if they really make sense 
• Elect other people who are thoughtful, care about the county and know what they're doing. 

Often confused with Brad Pitt 😂 

The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Notes

This chapter is just something else.........

In my opinion, I feel like this chapter makes a turn in everything that's  going on in the story.-

- Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Nick and Jordan go into town to get a drink.
- Gatsby tells Daisy to tell Tom the truth, how she truly feels about him compared to Gatsby
- Gatsby and Tom start arguing
- To calm stuff down Daisy leaves the room and Gatsby goes after her
- Nick realizes that it's his 30th birthday
- Gatsby and Daisy are driving while the run over and kill Myrtle
- Nick, Tom and Jordan discover the horrible scene

The Great Gatsby Group Discussion

Not everyone agrees on many things related to the book, "The Great Gatsby"

Is Gatsby really a bad person?
      - I say he isn't
      - Most of the people in my group say he is

Is Daisy selfish?
     - Everyone in my group agreed she is due to her only caring about herself and not the people that surround her

Why does Gatsby through these extravagant parties?
     - I say because he wishes for Daisy for come to one of his public parties one of these days
     - The rest of my group says, he throws these parties to show to Daisy on what she's missing on ( his wealth ). How her life would've been different if she would've waited for Gatsby

After all this discussion..................... our group broke up due to disagreement 😂