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The great Gatsby has opened my eyes beyond my syndical view of the American Dream. I realize now the american dream is much more than a hope of getting ahead in life. It is a dream of freedom. Freedom from a government who cares not for the common worker. Free from a government that gives privilege to the rich, the religious, or the military. This freedom is given in human rights and in economic mobility. The American Dream is a dream of freedom, And that dream is my dream. 

2/9/15 the great Gatsby

Nick Carraway is not being true to his first statement in the sense that nobody can truly reserve judgment from themselves but he does a pretty good job of reserving it from others. On many occasions he talks about his views of the other characters in the book like when he says that J Gatsby is everything he hates but he somehow became acquainted with him. In chapter two when nick was at the party he was judging the conversation for its vulgarity and he was also judging the act of becoming intoxicated indirectly by saying that he had only been drunk one other time in his life and in chapter 3 he describes his new girlfriend as fundamentally dishonest. But he is as he put it “one of the only honest people he knows because he doesn’t attempt to make people more justified than they are, he is only honest about his accusations and characterizations.

The great Gatsby 2/2/15

The most disturbing part of of the inequality is that it didn't surprise me. The position that America is in is a horrible state where the majority of the lower class is engulfed by poverty and the middle class is beginning to see poverty as a real threat to their not so secure lifestyle all because nearly half of the nations wealth is allowed to reap main with 10% of the public. He fact that we let this go on in our modern world is even sicker and more disturbing than the statistics.   

Odyssey 12/8/14

The purpose for all the violence in books 22-24 is necessary for Odysseus to have his nostos. He was known for being a war hero and because of this the people who turned against him must pay for defying a war hero. He also killed the maids that started serving the suitors, this was also necessary. The maids were loyal to the family of Odysseus and no one else, when they served the suitors they sealed their fates.

Mous 10/20/14

The list rations of mous don't take away from the book but add to it. It would be close to impossible to list rate a story about the holocaust that doesn't seem generic with words. But when he uses illustrations he also symbolizes the people into different kinds of animals and he makes the Jews into mice. I believe he did this to describe how hitler bunched them into a race rather than a religious following and how defenseless they were against the german forces. I look forward to reading more of this story for a unique perspective into an age old historical horror.

9/29/14 the alchemist

The alchemist uses dreams and expresses them in a way that any spiritual society would. Dreams connecting to the soul of the world would be a strange concept in today's society, people would be confused at hearing the world had a soul and that anyone can access it. Our society is built on the sad concept of the privileged are a treasure and the malnourished are a burden; while in the alchemist all people are respected as equals in the sense of potential.  

9/15/14 the alchemist

The sheep in these quotes represent the people of a nation. If a nation takes care of its people the people forget how to survive without it. There are also many stories that compare people to sheep and their leader to a shepherd. He keeps the sheep for his traveling knowing they need him for survival and that he needs them to keep himself mentally stable. He also personifies the sheep more than once saying that one of his sheep that is lame is the smartest and produces the most wool. His behavior is not strange or out of the ordinary in any way; people fine animals or inanimate objects and gives them personality when they’re alone or away from society.