Any Suggestions? :)

So im avng a hard time picking a new book....Wanted to know if anyone has read any of these or could suggest any ? :) thanks!








1. The Rape Of The Lock By Alexander Pope
2. Of Mice & Men By john steinbeck
3. Never Let Me Go By Kuzuo Ishiguro 
4. The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock By T.S. Eliot 
5. Heart Of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
6. As I Lay Dying By William Faulkner
7. Sons and Lovers By D. H. Lawrence 
8. Broken For You By Stephanie Kallos
9. As You Like It By William Shakespeare 
10. The street by Ann Petry 


The Suggestion Box Is Now Open :)

Literature Analysis #1

So I started reading and I started getting really bored with this book...So i switched it. The book that i decided to switch it to was " The Great Gatsby" By F. Scott Fitzgerald. I've become very.. how can i put this.. Obsessed? Yes. Obsessed with this book. Why? I'm not so sure yet. But this is my second time reading it ( Yes i got permission, duh.) 

 

If you have never read this story.. Well im not so sure what to tell you at this point. My emotions during this whole book was just off the wall. When we read it in class it didn't get my attention but when i started from the beginning on my own, I ended up finishing it before the whole class! haha thats how consumed I got. I do not want to be a big, as people say, "Spoiler", But i do want to highlight some key things you should and probably want to know.

• First off if you don't like obsessive love stories then you might as well put the book down now. 
•  This story is about a man named Gatsby, Jay Gatsby. A wealthy man who was in love with someone he could not have. 
•  Gatsby was in love with the one and only Daisy buchanan, who was married to Tom buchanan. I wouldn't say Daisy was in love with her husband but she was still with him.
•  Now in this story, Daisy seemed quite odd to me. Like if she faked her feelings towards certain people. Like Gatsby for say. For example Jay says, "
  “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except for me.”

• I don't believe Daisy ever loved Gatsby, She was a snob! once she saw gatsby she fell in love again yes, but also with his money. 

 I Think i'll give more details later. I don't wanna spoil this for anyone. By the way if you liked the new movie....You seriously need help. I thought it was crap. The old one was better. But the book was above and beyond brilliant. :)


























 

Vocabulary #5

obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

beatitude: supreme blessedness.

bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.

dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.

fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.

fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.

gargantuan: enormous

heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.

incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.

prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).

truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.

Essay In Progress

               Just give me an hour to do more research on this " Iron Man " hehe.

WHY THIS BOOK?

 

So it's a little nerdy...No one will notice:). I chose this book because i was always a fan of the movies and you know how people say " The book was better than the movie!" Well i believe them, i mean the Great Gatsby was a lovely book. WAY better than the movie! :D

Will Study For Food!

Well, Im thinking of moving to Oxnard with my dad after high school and going to community college. It has always been my dream to attend UCSB but i pretty much messed up my chance last year but its all good, as long as i graduate this year :). Anyways, after 2 years i will hope to transfer to either UCSB or Cal Poly.