Blog 25

The last sentence in The Great Gatsby seems to be the thought of Gatsby’s life style. He was a man of the future and past, believing that you will be stronger, but still trapped in the past his mind was, of the thought of daisy who he loved. The last sentence signifies his thoughts his life style, Gatsby is a man of role playing confused of who he was. To stretch our arms out farther could have meant trying harder, thinking to believe to not let anything pass you by. To run faster may also have meant to not slow down and just look ahead. Gatsby was a man of self confusion and sympathy, but a man believed the green light was the future, something to look forward to and wait for, to wait for the future and rekindle the past. Contrasting motifs are everywhere; Gatsby idea of making daisy happy contradicts his own happiness. He chooses to fulfill her every need yet to feel fully happy, days go by as Gatsby is just a servant to her every need. He wishes to see a future with her and be with her but her decisions of not getting a divorce seems to get in the way of if it is really love for Gatsby or for his money, making Gatsby seem more obsessed then in love with her. He feels fulfilled with her happiness but empty inside to know or think of tom with her. Daisy is confused on what she really wants, her love for money or her love for Gatsby or Tom. The idea of having all three fulfills her wants but also confuses her emotions more , does she really love tom or Gatsby, making it seem as if she is empty inside and doesn’t know what she wants anymore or what she can have. The Great Gatsby is a book of many complications in life and a glimpse of the past. Nick tells the story like a dull man, but in a curious way. He hasn’t really experienced a lot of things, he tells the story from firsthand experience. He doesn’t really teach us personally about anything, but the situations that he is put into with daisy, Gatsby and tom. Their love situation and the views on their life styles may give us away of new perspective of how times could have been or how people seem to be. Nick does explain one lesson though, the last sentence in the book says, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that the year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… and one fine morning – so we beat on, boats against the current, Bourne back ceaselessly into the past.” that our future is up to us, but our past will always be with us. The Great Gatsby is seems like anyone could have gotten rich if they wanted to. The idea of bootlegging seemed so easy all you had to do was meet the right people. It was like the American dream because the dream consists of making money and making yourself worth something. Does the American dream mean though it has to be a legal job of getting your money or does it just consist of just making it in America. It has both sides to it, making it economically but what if you get caught. To me if he made the American dream he made a name out of himself, he made money out of it all, and always got what he wanted, but without daisy with him was he truly happy, contradicting the idea of the American dream. I guess the decision is up to however you think.

Blog 24

 Over the past years the Mexican sewage has crossed over into the San Diego area,
causing problems for San Diego and it has been getting worse. in 1993 it caused an
annual loss of 100 million dollars. the two country's came to an agreement and
built a 200 million dollar border facility to handle sewage. you can get more
information on this link

Link: http://www1.american.edu/ted/sandiego.htm

A sewage spill causes OB to close, this is useful to my project because i am taking my photos at OB to see what it looks like down there and how polluted the water looks there.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Sewage-Spill-from-Mission-Valley-to-Ocean-Beach/qWYuIGp6oEeMp2ZNMf20lQ.csd


San Diego after it rains and how bad it is? It talks about Pacific Beach and how you can get sick from the water, this relates to my project because the trash in the water pollutes the water, and my question is can we stop polluting the beach or will it continue?

- http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050526/news_7m26beach.html


In Dani's article she found protections on birds so i got curious and now wondering is the beach water effecting the animals as well?

-http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/bulletin/95/coastal.html

Blog 23

There have been many complaints on ocean beach area, many have been taking action about the trash and the sewage going into the ocean.

they have shown areas in Ob were this is occurring mostly. but they don't show who is littering constantly.there missing a lot of information about the statistics of how this is increasing or what could we do to solve this issue, there just stating some information but no action is taken place.

Blog 22

1.San Diego River Valley

2. Mission : San Diego River Valley Conservancy works as a catalyst for the establishment of a permanent open space corridor in the San Diego River Valley, which will:

• Maintain the natural and rural character of the valley
• Preserve and enhance natural and historical resources
• Locate and establish recreational activities appropriately
• Provide a river-long system of trails to connect recreational and educational opportunities

Blog 21

Nick and Gatsby have some similarities. they are always with many people and seem to know all the right people. there both at parties and are uncomfortable there. they both also think alot to always seem to be in the loop like they want to know or curious to find out something.but on the other hand they do do diffrent things and seem to react to things diffrently, gatsby is more suave and nick is confused and doesnt know what to do sometimes.

Blog 20

The Narrator is a man named Nick,seems like a well of guy but seems sometimes scared about certain things,and unsure about people but easy to talk to but also could be an awkward person to talk to.

I think that the author chose to from a first person perspective because it shows from a view of someone if you were there making it possible to image the time and style of the time and how things look and were.

blog 19

EXAMPLE--The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just after the crash of 1929. On Black Tuesday, October twenty-ninth, the market collapsed. In a single day, sixteen million shares were traded--a record--and thirty billion dollars vanished into thin air. Westinghouse lost two thirds of its September value. DuPont dropped seventy points. The "Era of Get Rich Quick" was over. Jack Dempsey, America's first millionaire athlete, lost $3 million. Cynical New York hotel clerks asked incoming guests, "You want a room for sleeping or jumping?"

1. What is the most successful element of this work sample? Why do you believe this?

-its gets straight to the point and shows the effects of this event that occurred during this time.

2. What is the message of the work? How do you know?

-money wasn't flowing in like it used to no one was able to get rich quickly anymore, i know this because it says the time of people getting rich quickly was over

3. Who or what is the intended audience for this work? How do you know?

- to anyone who views it ts just trying to show how intense the depression was back then asking if they wanted a room to sleep in or jump from

4. How do specific elements of the work sample come together to deliver the message?

- it has all powerful facts that make you imagine time were really bad then

5. Describe one technique the creator of this work used. Why do you think this technique was used for this specific piece of work?

- Hard facts to get the readers attention

6. Why did you choose this work sample?

- I chose this example because becuase it explainedd its topic very well