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The Last Dance

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America is the land of strict social classes. In the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby needed to show off wealth in order to obtain his goal-- Daisy. Gatsby “bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (78). He threw magnificent parties with hundreds of people because he “half expected her to wander in” (79). Everything Gatbsy does, he does for Daisy. He wanted her to “wander” in, lured by the mansion because that would be the only way for them to be together.  Gatsby knows that Daisy will not leave her husband for someone with less money than him.  Daisy “married Tom Buchanan of Chicago, with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars” (75). Daisy married Tom for what he represented, wealth and power in the 1920s. She knew she would be sec
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Coronavirus Journals

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Friday March 20 Today I woke up at 8:40 and almost was “late” to advisory, meaning I almost signed in on Canvas too late. For breakfast, I had a banana and a muffin. Not that much different than a “regular” day. I went on a run, and it was hard to keep going because it was so foggy out. I think if it was sunny and blue skies, it would be way less eerie but something about the weather makes this much scarier. I saw a few people out, but not as many as I usually would. It was mainly people walking their dogs. I found out that the Trump Administration is moving tax day to July 15 in order for people to be able to pay because of coronavirus. This is obviously good for the families around the country that need the money right now because they aren't working, but I don’t know what 3 months is really going to do to help them. He also called an NBC reporter “terrible” for asking about his response to American fears. Anyways, for the past few days I’ve been watching Criminal Minds and
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Intro to my Junior Theme

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Abstract: I researched the biases in different textbooks across America and why students are getting a different history of America if they read a separate textbook. This is due to publishers catering their textbooks to the politics in Texas, because the state is the most powerful textbook publisher in the country. Publishers treat textbooks differently depending on which state they are trying to sell to, so they will purposely include or delete information that will satisfy those buyers in order to make more of a profit. Furthermore, the committees that approve textbooks in a district are made up of members of the community, not professionals in the topic. Reflection:  The discrepancies I found among different textbooks were quite concerning. For example, a McGraw-Hill textbook states the reason for Southern states opposing Reconstruction is because they “‘did not want African-Americans to have more rights.’ But the Texas edition offers an additional reason: Reforms cost mon
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Between the World and Me

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On August 9th, 2014, an 18 year old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer named Darren Wilson. Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were walking on the street when Wilson confronted them to get out of the road. There was a confrontation in which Wilson grabbed Brown by the neck and tried to pull him into the car, and when Brown resisted, he was shot. There were 5 other shots fired, even when Brown had his hands up in surrender position. This young man had his life taken away from him because he was walking in the middle of the street. Ta-Nehisi Coates mentions the injustices in the killing of Michael Brown in his book Between The World and Me and explains that the murders will not stop unless people wake up from the dream. Dreamers are the people that think that racism is behind this country, that we are on an uphill slope to greatness and equality, when really we have not changed. They purposefully shield their eyes to the injustices that lay right before their
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American Values

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The United States claims to value immigrants and starting a new life in America, however they do not follow through in actions.  One of the most common things people think of about America is how it was founded by immigrants and worked its way to be the most powerful country. The classic “American Dream” is based on starting from nothing and working to have it all. The US was always thought to follow through with its core value of letting immigrants into the country that are being prosecuted or discriminated against.  In recent years, however, the US is not following through with its values of generosity and open arms . Thousands of immigrants are left at the border, not wanted by the President. They had to flee their countries to escape dangerous situations, only to be blocked from coming into America. Families have been separated, some children not knowing when they will see their parents again. A country that was thought of as welcoming anyone seeking asylum is suddenly turning
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Welcome to the Blog

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Hey guys welcome to my blog. I am going to be using this throughout the year for my English class. Hope you enjoy! Let me know in the comments what you want me to blog about I love my followers.
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