Friday, April 24, 2009

Gatsby the Great!

The Great Gatsby is by far one of the best books i have read since i been in high school. This book took me on a ride and kept me anxiously turning the pages as i went on an epic journey. This book was capable of grabbing my attention, holding my attention, and it was able to keep me reading day after day. Their were many points that i really enjoyed  but by far my favorite part was when Mrytle got hit but Gatsby's cars. Strange right? I don't know exactly know why this was my favorite part of the book but it was! But the saddest part that really hurt me (LOL) was when Gatsby is murdered. My heart sank when i read my favorite character was murdered. While reading the book my emotions constantly changed i was angry when I learned of Tom's affair, mysterious of Gatsby, and hopeful when i thought that Jordan and Nick would become an item. I could right all day about this book, but ill bring it to a close here. 

The Great Gatsby is a great book and i recommend it to all!!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Death of A Salesman

For my post for Death of A Salesman i choose to find a bunch of quotes that i found uninteresting and quite funny! I'm also going to write a review of it.

  • "He's liked, but he's not well liked."
  • "The man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want."
  • "The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he's rich!"
  • "A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man."
  • "I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life."
  •  "After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive."
  • "Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!"
  • "I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I'm gonna win it for him."
Death of A Salesman was a quite interesting book, from the time i read the book till the time i finished i always seemed to be confused. (Seriously) The book was quite interesting yet confusing on my behalf. At times my mind was going on one journey and the book was going in the total opposite direction. When i first started reading the book i asked my self what could possible be this man's problem, referring to the dad. I first assumed he was just crazy and had anger issues, but as i read on i assumed he had a mild case of tourette. While reading i tried to figure out a few themes that could possibly fit this book but as i thought of one it was quickly pushed out of my head by actions, words, and thought by either the characters or the author.

Although this was a challenging book to digest and interpret i enjoyed it from the very first page to the very last one.


I would like you guys to comment on the idea i decided to use for this post. Did you enjoy my post?