1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. D

Chapter 7 notes

Gatsby fires all his servants because they gossip a lot.
Gatsby finally tells Tom that Daisy doesn't love him and that she never loved him.
Daisy kills Murtle and we don't know if she did it on purpose or on accident.

Questions on The Great Gatsby

1. Who's the Wolfshiem?
2. Why did Gatsby wanna die in the military?
3. How did Gatsby decide to become Gatsby?

Notes

We learned today that Daisy is a smart girl acting dumb so she can get along because she can't support herself by herself. Another thing we learned was that there is a new character Doctor T.J. Eckelburg.

Final Essay

Salaman Rushdie talks about the job of a poet and what it takes to be poet. Rushdie says that a poet should start arguments, take sides, and point the frauds out. A poet should use diction in way that amazes the reader. As a learner in this course the first poem that we read was Richard Corey then we went to a story Young Goodman Brown then to Earth on Turtle's Back. During the discussions of our interpretations of the story in class gave me a new way of thinking because I was listening to all different opinions which gave me a new way to interpret a story. In class we read stories and two stories that had the same theme were Richard Corey and Earth on Turtle's Back. The similar theme for both stories was looks can be deceiving. In the story Richard Corey about a man named Richard Corey  who people thought was happy because he was wealthy but in reality at the end of the story he kills himself leaving everyone speechless. In the story Earth on Turtle's Back a group of animals have to dive down deep in the water to bring back up the earth and in the process many animals fail. Until this tiny muskrat volunteered to try and she suceeded  even though she was small she showed the animals that looks can be deceiving. Now as a student I can relate to what Rushdie's quote is saying because like a student my job is to go to class on time, have good grades, and stay out of trouble. Similar to the poet's job described by Rushdie except a poet and a student are different except in the fact that they are both trying to get better at what thy are doing. Rushdie's tone toward this quote was candid. The reason is because the way Rushdie talks about the job of a poet. Rushdie talks about the job of a poet in a foreword and truthful way because all the points he talks about are what makes a great poet. The mood of this quote is inspirational because the way he talks about if your a poet it's your job to connect to your reader through poetry. The theme of the quote is that a poet is suppose to keep the reader in amusement by using his diction in a way that works.

Emerson's child

 Emerson's essay is pretty long and confusing but we still found a way to make meaning of his words in a way that everyone can understand. In a way Emmerson's essay talks about that inner kid that we have deep down inside of us. The reason because when we were kids we didn't have care in the world about what other people thought and we did things the way we wanted to without almost thinking about it. But now as teenagers we have kept that kid deep down inside of us because we are scared to be judged by other people.
 We tend to be forced to being the person that everyone wants you to be which is why we never have a chance to be ourselves. “Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self" meaning be yourself and not someone else. It's really easy in this world to be someone else because it's hard to be yourself in this world full of judgement. In the end we have to do what will make you happy and follow your heart.
 Another point that Emerson tries to get us is to not follow trails but instead make your own. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail". Another interpretation for this is to be a leader and not a follower. Be the one to make choices and not be the one who has choices made for them.
 Emerson said "Traveling is a fool's paradise". Meaning that when we go to other place we believe that we can escape from our problems. But in reality people like to think that you can run away from your problems by traveling to other places. In the end we come back home realize that our problems are still here. 
 In the end I believe the main idea hat Emmerson is trying get to us is to be yourself and do what you feel is right and do things that make you happy. Always stick with your heart and don't worry about what other people think about because if you do you will put yourself in a mental jail unable to get out. Finally be your best self and do not seek outside yourself but look within.

   

Emmerson Presentation Day 3

"Traveling is a fool's paradise"
Explanation: Meaning people think that they can travel to other places to get away from problems but  they can't.
Smile now cry later
"Yet he dismisses without notice his thought because it is his"
Explanation: Like when someone comes up with the idea you thought of but you didn't speak up because you thought it was wrong and didn't want to be judged.
Don't be ashamed of who you are and don't be afraid of expressing your opinion.