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1/12/17

James Lynch Blog #4

Hello everybody, thanks for tuning into my fourth blog. Today in class we went over what to expect for the summative essay on The Great Gatsby. For the summative on Tuesday and Wednesday, us students have to write an essay on whether the book a romantic novel or modern novel, supporting the quality we choose. After we discussed that, we dove back into tragedy, and how Nick’s last words to Gatsby, Gatsby’s murder, and Nick’s conversation with Wolfsheim enhance the tragedy. We talked in our groups for a while, and then talked as a class. Some of the points that made were that Nick’s last words to Gatsby were a compliment to him, so it made it that more tragic. Also that Gatsby started with nothing, got to something, and then ended back down to nothing. Adding on to, nobody really went to his funeral, and yet everybody went to his parties, so it makes it sad and tragic that nobody showed up to his funeral. Later on in class we talked about Gatsby’s dad, Gatz. They hadn’t seen each other for two years, and he was very proud of his son, which makes Gatsby’s death so tragic. E was also very excited to see all of his accomplishments like his house and pool, etc. We talked about how organized Gatsby was, because of his schedule, and how this may have affected why he was successful. Anyways, this book was an absolute great book, and I highly recommend it to anyone reading this blog. Thanks for tuning in.