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      In class we've started by  continuing reading chapters 4-6 in The Great Gatsby in Mr. Scalia's English 3 Honors. Before the book even starts, we see it starts off with an epigraph by Thomas Parke D'invilliers. The epigraph states, "T hen wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry 'Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you! '" Now that you read the epigraph, we need to imply these lines on how it can relate to Jay Gatsby.           This whole epigraph is his love for Daisy and how he can get her to be with him. The first line, " Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; " can apply to Gatsby because this is simply implying to the amount of money he has. He loves to show off his money and rich valuables he has to other people. On page 89 last paragraph states, "My house looks well, doesn't it?" Also the fact that on page 78 it says, "Gatsby bought t...

     In class we started reading The Great Gatsby  and we know that so far there have been three parties. The first party was in Tom's and Daisy's home. The author describes their home as "a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walls and burning gardens-finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run." (pg. 6, paragraph 3) This was very popular for houses to look like in the 1920s. The "colonial mansion" represents what houses in the south looked like, such as plantation homes. One of the guests would be Miss Baker, who is a friend of Daisy. She is a selfish person who doesn't really pay attention to Nick. "she nodded at me almost imperceptibly, and then quickly tipped her head back again-" (pg. 9, paragraph 2) Miss Baker also likes t...

  In class we have read the fictional play and have seen the movie, "The Crucible." We learned that the play is about people in a town called Salem, who are accused of witchcraft. As we kept reading and finishing the play, people were falsely accused.       When I think of flawed, I think of people who are to be liars, who have excessive pride, selfishness or even jealousy. The least person I believe to be flawed would be Reverend Hale. According to the text, page 114, " By my oath to Heaven, I believe him now, and I pray you call back his wife before we -." He tried to help John Proctor with the case, making himself seem innocent. However, at the end he felt really bad seeing Proctor be hanged for something he didn't do, when everything was made false.   The second person I believe to be most flawed would be Abby Warren. On page 107, " Mary Warren: I never saw no spirits... Danforth: Thought you saw them! Mary Warren: But I did not, Your Honor....