Gatsby Response

The Great Gatsby was a very good book. Fitzgerald is a very good writer and has much talent in writing and is incredibly intelligent. He knows exactly how to put his thoughts and feelings into words. This book had an incredible ending and had me reading every night. Sometimes i found myself reading too much and wasn't able to put the book down. I am very glad Fiorini choose this book for us to read. I would certainly read other books that fitzgerald has wrote. He has a very unique way of writing and it is very interesting.

I think Nick wasn't to happy with his job. he felt as though he was forced to work at his family job that was passed down from generation to generation. He wanted the life style of the rich. He was jealous but also envied Tom, and Gatsby. He was always trying to fit into the rich lifestyle and wanted Tom and his other rich friends to think he was living a rich life style. Nick was just trying to fit in and didn't like his actual life style at all.

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye was a very interesting unique book. The style the author used was a bit confusing. This book seemed to be narrated by the main character Houlden. Houlden would steer away from things he was explaining to relate them to something else similar to what he was explaining or talking about.

Houlden seems to be a man caught in his fantasies and dreams because of how he expresses things in his book. He didn't like reality to much and it shows the way he dropped out of four schools. Houlden was a bit self-centered the way he only cared for his needs and him self and didn't very much care about what other people felt or thought towards him. Houlden did try to turn his life around by setting up goals for himself in regards to the future. This shows he wasn't fully in fantasy island and day dream universe.

Death of a salesman

This play was very strange to me in the way the characters behaved. For example, Willy Loman had to have a mental disorder. He would act out old memories as if they were a dream but only he could see the other people in his crazy fantasies. He was always talking to himself and other people he knew regardless if they were around. Willy seemed to be a very sad and stressed man but he tried his best not to show it. He always had a smile on but had this tubing that he used to inhale gas fumes as a way of suicide. I dont understand why the wife or sons didnt take the tubing away. Willy was pretty much stressed out because he was loosing his job and his sons/son werent very succesful after highschool. The Loman Family had many problems and caused alot of arguments and yelling as a way to relieve anger. This act was very interesting to watch and showed alot of emotions in a regular family. The sad part is Willy died at the end but i think that helped his sons understand their dads pain and maybe they would turn their lives around.

soloist

The Author of the soloist makes this story very dramatic. He makes the story dramatic by not using much description on important parts. He shortens important sentences and ends paragraphs fast too. This makes the reader anxious to know whats fully going on. This book seems to exaggerate about things sometimes. This style is a very persuasive way to make readers want to keep reading and find out more. This book also seems to have a narrative style to it. Probably because the author is a writer for the L.A. Times.