english lit

learning was lit

"This year I learned the following terms and I applied them as I read some pretty great stuff:

allusion: reference
plot: the events in a story
theme: the big overarching idea of a writing
diction: author's word choices
syntax: the way the author organizes the words
in/direct characterization: the character actions reveal their true identity; words that describe the character's personality 
static/dynamic characters: a character who doesn't change over time; character changes over time
symbolism: using symbols to represent an idea
synecdoche

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Fehrenheit 451 essay

When Bradbury first published his book we were still in the 1900s. But now that the technology has advanced so much right in front of us and the topics that Bradbury mentioned in the book Fahrenheit 451 were foreign to all human because we were still in the 1900s. The many things that Bradbury mentioned in his book were to develop in present time. the book mentioned many things that are true now in present day.
Clarisse shows Montag her ways of life while she makes him to realize in the world he is living. she shows him that he is living where something to us is very normal but in the society that is mentioned in the book it is illegal. Clarisse family to us the readers are portrayed as normal people but the society sees them as outsiders. beacause of them being free thinkers this lead to their deaths. Because of their deaths this makes Montag realize how fucked up is the society he lives in. Montag wants to be a free thinker and he tries to escape from a twisted society.

The Pedestrian

• What is the theme of  "The Pedestrian"? 
• the theme of the pedestrian is that in a world depending on technology  every human being is controlled by it
• How does Bradbury get this message across?
•   "And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows." this is a quote from the story and it talks about the TVs turned on in the dark home. 
• How do you know?Describe the tone of the story.
• because of the beginning of the story in the winter night, it adds to the intensity with the suspense tone as the character talk
• Why don't more people walk in 2018?
•  I feel like today because of technology there is plenty of things to do like watch Netflix, play fornite, etc. People don't go out to walk anymore because they have other things to entertain themselves with.
• What do you think about self-driving cars?
• I like the self-driving car because they can become more convenient, but recently self-driving cars have killed people but with improvement, I feel like self-driving cars will be the future.
• Do you think that technology such as self-driving cars, screen viewers, smartphones, and earbuds lead to more freedom/independence, isolation, or both?
•  I say both because you have freedom and independence with the resources you have and also you are isolated from humanity.

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Great Gatsby

The United States is known for being the land of opportunities in other words "The American dream". In the novel The Great Gatsby, the American dream figures prominently in this story. The character in this novel all have their own views and takes in the American dream. In the novel, most characters wanted to pursue happiness and wealth and will do anything to achieve it. This novel takes place in the 1920s and during this time there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. During this time there were corrupts ways to which led to some people to get wealthy very quickly. Perusing the American dream can be the right thing to do but in times like in the novel for the characters it wasn't the best thing to do due to Gatsby and Myrtle deaths.

Myrtle is an example in the novel of why pursuing her American dream wasn't possible and failed. The upper-class status lures myrtle to have an affair with Tom, Daisy's husband. the American dream for Myrtle was being rich and famous and to achieve this she slept with tom. in the novel myrtle talks about how she made a mistake in marrying George Wilson," The only crazy I was was when I was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. he borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never told me about it..." (Fitzgerald, 37). With what Myrtle said she materialist and what he saw in tom is that he is wealthy and he would be able to buy the things she likes, unlike her husband George. Later on in the novel, daisy kills myrtle in a car accident. Therefore in Myrtle situation, she did not take the corrects steps to achieve her American dream because it caused her to die.

When getting the first glimpse of Gatsby in the beginning of the  novel he's was reaching out for the green light and this was referring to his goal that was out of his reach, later on, in the novel it is learned that his great desire to reunite with Daisy. Gatsby is a wealthy man known for his spectacular parties in his mansion. But Gatsby didn't start from being wealthy before that he was a poor guy from North Dakota. In many cases of the upper class, they achieve their wealth through honest hard work, unlike Gatsby he had to obtain his wealth from crime. Even though he went from rags to riches his American dream is incomplete he wanted Daisy. Gatsby eventually reunites with Daisy and show her what a great man he has become and to impress Daisy with what he has. Daisy goes back to Tom. Gatsby dies in the end, he didn't get what he wanted because his desires took over to what he truly is. Gatsby's American dream, unfortunately, led to his death.

The American dream is significant in the novel The Great Gatsby although it leads to deaths it is evident that the American dream can bring out to who you truly arent and have negative outcomes like in the novel. These two characters did not realize that money does not buy happiness.