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Comment on blog 6 by alyssa708

alyssa708 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:20:55 +0000

Well I agree with you about the whole book being confusing but I also found it easier as we went on. I love having the class discussions too becuase it just gives me a peace of mind that I am following the book okay. I don’t think I would choose to read this book if I didn’t have to either. I enjoyed it in the end but not as much as I can really enjoy a book that I like.

Comment on High school reading of Gatsby vs. College reading by tonygeras

tonygeras — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:21:11 +0000

Sorry for commenting on an older blog, but I didn’t have time to look over yours. You enjoyed The Great Gatsby the second time around, though? I found it hard to enjoy it, but i guess it’s a matter of opinion.
but I do agree that reading it a second time around lets you see things that you wouldn’t pick up the first time.

Comment on High school reading of Gatsby vs. College reading by Alex T.

Alex T. — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:10:42 +0000

Also a second time reader.

I think it’s really important that you brought up divorce. I know I completely forgot about that while reading it this time. I mean if divorce was as common as it was today, Daisy and Gatsby might actually have been happy. Then again, Gatsby might have been slapped with a restraining order, but who knows.

But more importantly the idea your bring up of things being taboo is really important it’s the difference between the East Egg and West Egg. One Egg might do all the bad things that happen on Gatsby’s Egg, but they don’t talk about it.

Comment on High school reading of Gatsby vs. College reading by banks007

banks007 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:34:01 +0000

This also was my second time reading this book. I found this time around that I was alble to undestand it a lot better. I agree that the main focus of the novel is the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy but I also think that it was pretty much one man’s ability to make up a life that wasn’t even real. It just goes to show that we may not really know someone as well as we think we do. Our friendships we people could be based on complete lies and we may never know.

Comment on High school reading of Gatsby vs. College reading by Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:41:32 +0000

I can’t relate to reading this book for a second time, but I see a lot of your points you made. I agree that it is mainly focused with the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy. I agree that reading it again may bring out some other ideas that I did not notice the first time around. However, I am not so sure that I would willingly pick this book up to read through again. I founbd it interesting that the story didn’t really pick up until toward the end though. I found it a slow read in the beginning, and it wasn’t until later that I began to get into it more.

Comment on What I think about when i hear “American Literature” by banks007

banks007 — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:29:47 +0000

You’re right. We all in this generation need to help expand “the norm” in education. I think that we should open our horizons in all subjects not just english.

Comment on What I think about when i hear “American Literature” by petryszynm431

petryszynm431 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:50:40 +0000

I agree that the cannon is breaking, and more diverse books will eventually reform the cannon. Like you,when I thought of American Literature, most of the books I read in High School came to my mind.

Comment on What I think about when i hear “American Literature” by lossik816

lossik816 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:36:42 +0000

True. If the books that are always in The Canon, remain always being in the canon, they must be somehow worth reading. I don’t know what books are always there, but maybe the ones in highschool they could try teaching differently so highschool students get’s something out of it, rather then just rushing through it to get the grade.