Gatsby Chapter 2 Notes

*desolate- abandoned

*"There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress."- Nick

*sauntered

*ministering

*unprosperous

*sumptuous

*grey-the color of poverty

Great Gatsby Remix

     
Summary:


 Chapter 1 of the Great Gatsby has been interesting so far. The narrator Nick presents himself in the beginning of the chapter and talks about how he thinks he is a tolerant person. He also describes Gatsby as the hero of the story. He talks about the summer of 1922, he moves to West Egg. West Egg is described as a place of wealth but poor taste. One day, he drives out to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Daisy's friend Jordan Baker was also there, Daisy and her husband want Nick to take an romantic interest in Jordan. The day ends when Nick sees Gatsby for the first time and says, "...a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.


Important quotes:

Nick

In the story he states, "Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."


Daisy

In the story she stated, 'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'


Tom

In the story he stated, "Don't believe everything you hear, Nick."


Jordan

In the story she stated, "She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner-time. Don't you think?"

Gatsby Notes 2

Words or Phrases that were confusing:

*imperceptibly

*ecstatically

*incredulously

*discontented

*languidly

*unobtrusively

*subdued

*"...I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said."

*peremptorily

*leisurely movements

*"...a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."

Gatsby Notes 1

* veteran bares

* suppression

* riotous excursions

* creative temperament

* dramatic turbulence

* "...two old friend whom I scarcely knew at all..."

* supercilious manner

* "...the effeminate swank of his riding clothes..."

* "...the impression of fractiousness he conveyed..."

Remix Project

We took the poem "Naturalist" by Joel Lee and the idea of Transformation that we learned to make it our own.

Naturalism

By Gladis Garcia & Edgar Garcia


We are naturalists in our own and unique wayWe hide our deepest secrets, but never go away

We can only change how we deal with them

Our past always has a way of coming back to haunt us

People can’t always be who they want because of society
Our thoughts aren't always right
There is always some kind of assurance we see

How do we choose between what we want and what we need?
Others do it in their own way
Sometimes we feel pressured to make the right decision
But we never look back and see, there are others in the same position

There is naturalism in things we do because it is about reputation
Lying to ourselves can make us suffer
The things we do are for a reason and not everyone will understand

We have all once felt like we need to be perfect
When we hear the word Naturalism we feel the urge to feel perfect
We all have freedom but choose to not use it
Everyone will tell you, it’s your decision to listen or not…

Naturalist

By Joel Lee

The naturalist in us all
Burying the deepest it only resides
Realism forever more
Whether or not... everything only ties

We can never be who we are
Because everyday we are all trying to be
Minds and time never on par
Why is there a certainty we always see?

How do we apply what we want?
In every other country deem foreign
Are there laws never knowing we can run?
Are there enough differences we never really care to learn?

There is no naturalism in what we do
Because what we have done did not just come by
The kind of hardship we know but never knew until
What we do was earned and not for reasons why

We are all products of how natural we can't be
Dare I say naturalism are those without minds...
You do know we all have freedom without freedom to be free
Because the world will never tell you but remind...

Everything is a Remix

Music

• Remix: - to make something new
•              - the arrangement and transition of words

Myths of Creativity

- Beethoven and his Ideas

Light bulb

- moment of instance/ insight

Picasso

- created unique masterpieces that isn't like anything else

3 basic elements 

- domain knowledge

- transformation

- retyped knowledge

Music as Literature

         Music can be considered Literature because it is a collective written works of a culture . It is created through one's imagination and the process of creative writing.When the elements of creativity come together, the work can be recognized as artistic value and be considered as literature. The difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera and a symphony is that a poem is a narrative usually about a certain character. A poem is a composition in verse. A song  is a short metrical composition. An opera is an extended dramatic composition and a symphony is an elaborate instrumental composition.