Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Great Gatsby, A Wonderful Classic Novel

The Great Gatsby 

The Great Gatsby was written in the 1920s and is still famous today.  What makes The Great Gatsby a classic novel is that it is a original idea. It stands out of the from the other novels of the time, since during that time the novels were about war and depression. Even if The Great Gatsby was about being wealthy, but it was beyond that. It shows us what money can do to a person, about the American Dream and what careless does to a person. Daisy married Tom instead of Gaisby since he was wealthy, but when Gatsby become wealthy she wanted him. The American Dream was to have a high class lifestyle and not have to work for the money. The people were not thankful for what they had, even if they had a nice life they wanted better.The people were careless during the time. Tom was careless and cheating on Mrytle, when Daisy was cheated on him, he was not okay with it. Daisy was worried about her own problems, she did not notice Mrytle on the road when she was driving. The Great Gatsby is a wonderful novel to read, you can learn a lot of life lessons from this novel.

The Great Gatsby is similar to Romeo and Juliet. The Great Gatsby is a love story between Gatsby and Daisy and about American Dream. In Romeo and Juliet, it was a love story between Romeo and Juliet. In both of the classic novels, a problem stands in front of their way. In Great Gatsby, Daisy was married to Tom. In the other novel, Romeo and Juliet were from different homes. Both outstanding novels were a tragery, Romeo and Juliet both died in the end. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby was shot by Wilson for accusing him of running over Mrytle. I think for many years people are going to read The Great Gatsby and learn from the novel.



Friday, January 28, 2011

Letter to Sullivan Ballou

My very dear Sullivan,
Sullivan my love, the war is breaking us apart. Fighting for your county is an honer but i can not live without you. I will miss you until the day you are next to me.  I would always love you, please return home safe. My love to you is more than I can explain. The moment I shall see you again, is the day im waiting for. We shall meet again after the war is done. Return to your home and family, who are waiting for you. Do not think of the worst, think about coming both to your family and returning to us. I shall never be with any other man after you. You and our son is the reason that I am alive, the memories that we had together, shall never be forgotten. I believe one day we shall meet again, and forget the tragedy in our life and relive the great moments. I am waiting for you to return to our home and see our child growing up.  Sullivan, I love so dearly and shall be in love with you my whole life on earth and heaven.Do not give up hope, if you have something to live for, you will live.

Love,
Sarah