The Great Gatsby Essay

Vanessa Argueta        

November 7, 2014

English III

The Great Gatsby

            The story “The Great Gatsby” was written by the American short story and novelist writer F. (Francis) Scott Fitzgerald. This famous writer was born September 24, 1896, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The story “The Great Gatsby” was this men’s best writing piece. He wrote this novel when he moved to France. The story was narrator by Nick Carraway, a Midwestern who moved into a town in west egg. He is Daisy Buchanan’s cousin. One of the themes of this story is relieving the past. Jay Gatsby comes back to daisy trying to relieve the past. He still loves her but she does not love him back like Gatsby wants too.

In this story reliving the past played a big role because 2 of the main characters had to live it. Not all the time the past coming back will turn into something good or positive at least it was not the case in this story. At first when it all started it looked to the audience like it was going to work out, even Jay Gatsby thought the same. But then reality kicked in when Daisy was not sure about her feelings towards Gatsby and did not tell him the true from the start. He thought she was still in love with him just like he was deeply in love with her.

            I can identify myself with this moral because I have had the same situation happen to me before. My oldest daughter dad came back to my life when I was in a relationship and he tried his best like Gatsby tried to get daisy back but it just did not work out. At some point my feelings were also confused because he would made me feel good when we were together but when he would leave I would not miss him, did not have that anxiety of been with that significant other again. At the end I figured the feelings towards him were just friendly like. I kept it real with him at all times so when I told him my true feelings it did not hurt him as much as it hurt Gatsby when he found out the Daisy’s true feelings. This situation led even led the ending of the story to a tragedy.

            When Jay Gatsby met Daisy he was poor & she was a wealthy young lady so that’s why things did not work out. They both came from different economic levels. He left to be a prosperous man for her because he truly loved her. Years passed, she did her own thing. Daisy got married to a man with the name of Tom Buchanan.  He is immensely wealthy man, arrogant and a hypocritical bully. Daisy and Tom had baby together.  When Jay came back he was rich, well educated, and famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night. But what people did not know was that these parties had a purpose which was to see if Daisy one day would show up. But unfortunately that never happened. Eventually they met up and ended having a love affair which led Jay Gatsby to his death.

            I think sometimes is best to leave the past as the past. Not all the time the famous saying applies “if it comes back to you it meant to be if not just leave it alone”. If Gatsby would have just lived his life and let go of the feeling he had for daisy the ending of this story would have been so different. At times people’s actions can affect its own life so much. And at the end he ended up alone because when he dies she did not even go to his funeral she disappeared. Leave the past in the past, live your present and work towards a better future.

            

The Devil and Tom Walker

                                    
                                   The Devil and Tom Walker
                 
 I can infer that tom walker is a greedy person. The author indirectly tells us that he and his wife even conspire to cheat each other. He is miser, which means he rarely spends any money even when he should. He does not give anything to anyone and that includes his wife. The author indirectly tells us how he is taking people’s money. Doing them wrong but carrying with him a bible at all time because he is scare of what the black man can do to him.                 

  I can infer that toms wife is miserable as tom walker but with a temper. The author clearly directly told us she is a tall termagant, fierce of temper. She regularly verbally abused tom and the town people even suspected she even physically abused him as well. She even asked tom to give his soul to the black man so she could become wealthy for life. But at the end she got what she was looking for. Eventually nobody knows what happened to her.                  

 I can infer that this black man is evil. The author directly tells us he is the devil. He has a dirty, soot covered face and carries an axle. Tom’s wife probably attempted to deal with the black man and things did not come out the way she expected so the only thing left from her was her apron. The black man was seen carrying a bundle tied in an apron. At the end the black man also got tom just like the author tells us in the story.                  

 The moral or lesson learned from this story is clear, corruption leads us to the wrong path. You can’t be greedy in this world. People need to learn how to share with other. Don’t ever take the easy way out because at the end you won’t end up good. You will end up like tom and his wife. Don’t be hypocrite like tom walker attending church but still collecting mortgages.                

MEPHS Dress Code Essay

My English teacher assigned us to write an essay giving our opinion and how we feel about the dress code in MEPHS. I have mixed feelings about this policy. I dislike it because I don’t have time to be doing laundry so often. But when I look at it in the bright side it saves me time in the morning because I already know what I am going to be wearing to school. My third and final decision is I agree with the policy because it’s a way of showing discipline and a way preparing the young teens to real life when it comes to wearing uniforms for work.

I think having to wash clothes so often is using time I really don’t have. For me a single mother of 2, working 6 days a week, full time student is really complicated to do laundry 2 times a week because I don’t have enough khaki pants to wear the entire week. Buying khakis is not an option for me because I don’t have time and not financially stable to buy pants I am not going to wear so often after school is over. I consider myself as a colorful person. I don’t like plain color things, at least not the colors they have chosen to for the students. The only color I agree on is black because is one of my favorite colors. Maybe if they could let dress down days Mondays and Fridays is would be a lot easier for me to keep up with it, without having to stress about the laundry.

  Looking at this policy in a positive way I like it because it saves me time in the morning. I don’t have to be wondering what am I going to wear to school or if it’s appropriate or not. I usually wake up at 4:30 to be able to get everything ready, leaving my ladies ready for school and be able to arrive to school on time. If we did not have this policy at school I think I would have to wake up 30 minutes earlier which is not cool because I love to sleep. I need all my sleep to be able to function well and even be in a good mood. I always like to be on time, I think been on time is a way of showing responsibility.

  The very last reason I like the dress code at school is because to me is a way of showing discipline. This also helps young teens get them ready for real life; most of the jobs out there require a uniform. If you are already use to wearing a uniform and be able to keep up with it then this would be nothing new. My first year at this school all this sounded really stupid to me but now that I have matured enough to understand it makes a lot of sense. If you go to a base school you get to see all kinds of teens, all kinds of clothing can’t even identify who are really the students attending school. In the other hand if you come to MEPHS and you see someone not in the dress code you know something is going on.

In conclusion I have mixed feelings about the school policy. I dislike it because I don’t have time to be washing clothes so often and I’m not willing to go buy new clothes that all look the same. Seen this policy in the bright way is saves me time in the morning and helps me be on time to school. I also like it because is showing the young folks responsibility and discipline. To me the last reason is important because discipline and responsibility is one of the main keys you need in life to be successful. This policy has so many negative but also a lot of positives to it. 

Paw Patrol

                            Paw Patrol

Paw Patrol is an example of communication among others, ask for help and receive help. Each of the puppies has a different type of shield representing them and what can they help out. They all help out in different ways. This shows that everyone can help out in the way they can. An example of this moral I see It each and every day in my daughter’s. They help out each other as much possible and if they need more help my little sister comes along. To me communication is one of the main keys you need in life to succeed, to build and conserve any type of friendship/ relationship. There is never an impossible like the theme song says “We'll be there on the double, No job's too big, No pup's too small” meaning no problem is too big as long as you get help you will always find the solution if you get the help. 

I Am, I Can, I Wil

I am the mother of two beautiful girls

I am here to learn and educate myself 

to become a better person 

I am respectful,honest,loyal 

I am unique 

I Am.

I can earn the respect of others 

and gain their friendship true 

I can do my best each and every day 

I can continue to progress 

and move close to my fate

I Can !!

I will never giveup

I will not let you push me down 

I will always try and give my 100 %

This is me 

Don't like it? 

I don't care 

I will not live trying to impress you !! 

Don't like my attitude? Fine

Don't like the way i see things? Perfect 

I don't care what you think. I am strong, i can ignore you and 

I will stand up for myself 

I will !!