We learn about Gatsby’s Past.

- Was born on a farm in North Dakota, his legal name being James Gatz.

Attended College.

- He attended college for two weeks.

- He dropped out because he was frustrated with the way he had to pay for his tuition. - --- Doing janitorial services.

Dan Cody

- One day Gatsby saw Dan Cody’s yacht drop anchor in Lake Superior. Gatsby decides to row out to him to inform him that the wind might catch his yacht and break him up in half an hour.

- “The truth was the Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God-a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that-and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty” (Fitzgerald 99).

            - This quote shows that it compares Gatsby to Jesus to show that Gatsby creates his own identity. This is also a motif that keeps showing up throughout the book as it Gatsby transforms himself into the ideal that he envisioned for himself despite the numerous obstacles he would have to face.

- “for a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy’s wing” (Fitzgerald 100).

            - Gatsby is going to try to make the unreal real.

- Cody takes James Gatz (Gatsby’s legal name until he was seventeen) as his assistant on his yacht and gives him the name Jay Gatsby.

$25,000.

- At the time of Cody’s death, Cody leaves $25, 000 to Gatsby. However, Gatsby was unable to retrieve any money because Cody’s mistress, Ella Kaye, wouldn’t allow him.

Gatsby Determined

- Since Gatsby was denied the money, Gatsby is determined to become a wealthy and successful person.

Summary- Chapter six

At the beginning of Chapter Six, Nick fills us in with parts of Gatsby’s early life. We learn that James Gatz was born on a farm in North Dakota. His father was a farmer. We also learn that Gatsby did not attend Oxford; rather, he goes to a community college. However, he drops out after two weeks because he got frustrated with the way he had to pay for his tuition. By doing janitorial services.

            One day Gatsby saw Dan Cody’s yacht drop anchor in Lake Superior. Gatsby decides to row out to him to inform him that the wind might catch his yacht and break him up in half an hour. “The truth was the Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God-a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that-and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty” (Fitzgerald 99). This quote shows that it compares Gatsby to Jesus to show that Gatsby creates his own identity. This is also a motif that keeps showing up throughout the book as it Gatsby transforms himself into the ideal that he envisioned for him despite the numerous obstacles he would have to face. “For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy’s wing” (Fitzgerald 100). This quote represents how Gatsby is going to try to make the unreal real.

Cody takes James Gatz (Gatsby’s legal name until he was seventeen) as his assistant on his yacht and gives him the name Jay Gatsby. At the time of Cody’s death, Cody leaves $25, 000 to Gatsby. “He never understood the legal device that was used against him, but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye” (Fitzgerald 102). Since Gatsby was unable to receive his inheritance, Gatsby is all the more determined to become a successful and wealthy person.

The rest of the chapter is about how Nick finally sees Gatsby and Daisy several weeks after their reunion at Nick’s house. Stopping by Gatsby’s house, Nick is alarmed to find Tom Buchanan there. Gatsby seems nervous and tells Tom that he knows Daisy. Gatsby invites Tom and the Sloane’s to stay for dinner, but they refuse. Tom is disapproving of Gatsby’s lack of social grace. Tom is also very suspicious about Daisy’s habit of visiting Gatsby’s house alone; however he has not discovered Gatsby’s and Daisy’s love for each other.

The following Saturday night, Tom and Daisy go to a party at Gatsby’s house. Gatsby seeks out Nick after Tom and Daisy leave the party; he is unhappy because Daisy has had such an unpleasant time. Nick reminds Gatsby that he cannot re-create the past. Gatsby, distraught, protests that he can because he believes that money will solve everything. Nick reflects that since Gatsby’s and Daisy’s kiss, the moment when his dream of Daisy became the dominant force in his life; Gatsby’s dream is over now that he’s got her.

 I'm going crazy!
I just wanna leave the house and do something
Lately i havent been able to go out b4ecause of something i did. 
At least I had badminton most nights so that i wouldn't be home. =/ 
But now badminton is over and i have no other way to get out of the house.
I asked my dad on friday night whether i could go see an movie on saturday and he's like no 
T_T
So all of yesturday I didnt really talk to him, i was just depressed at the fact of not being able to do anything.
when he asked me why i was sad i was like huh?
and today i've been going crazy with homework, which i'm not even close to finishing. I'm just tired =/

I don't want to stay up late again today =/. but i think i might have to. 
On other news, stuff at school is going okay except for some fuckers in photograpghy >=(

Me and Ashley were working on a picture with the negative in our enlarger and everything. we leave for a minute to look at a test print. (we had everything set up  like EVErything) we come back i turn on our enlarger and what do i find? someone else's picture. so i asked semi-nicely "yo who's is this?"  and then this gangster guy was like thats mine. so im like, " alright im taking it out cuz we were working here." and he's like no you're not and you havent been here all class. so im like, " yeah we were gone for a minute, fuck you im taking it out." 

so i toss it to the side and put my negative in. so he starts on me, " are the fucking queen of the darkroom to tell me to fuck off? you're a bitch ..and so on."

i just stood there not moving not talking because that guy was a douche. he says to me," as sooon as you leave your enlarger i'n taking it back." and i'm like " uh no you're not."

i stood by the enlarger for the rest of the period and asked ashley to do all the developing or for her to stay there while i do it. Then his gangster friend comes in and accidently turns on the lights int he darkroom.
how the hell can you ACCIDENTLY TURN ON LIGTHS?! 

heather's picture was in the firtst chemical; her GOOD copy. well of course it got exposed, so i naturally went to her in the classroom and told her about the photo because she should know why it got exposed.
so the guy who turned on the lights , started saying snitch snitch when heather and i came in.

i wasn't sure whether i should tell Zaton about what happened because i origonally said fuck you to him. but i swear if it happens again i dunt care i'm telling.!
let me be a snakkkke!!! see if i care..
like really

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anwyasy thank you for letting me rant dear livejournal =P
It's just that those types of people really piss me off. Funny thing is the guy i said fuck you too, i've known since grade 6! 
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haha 
Mr. Farguson: there's practise on tuesday, you should come.
Ada: uhh yeah, sir i'll try. i've just been so busy,
Mr.F : alright
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tuesday rolls around
Mr.F: Where were you?
Ada: sorry sir i slept in 

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i dunno why, but i just dont feel like going to music, like i wasnt to be in the festival but i dunno it just seems like it's not my priority anymore =/. in a way this is making me sad too, because music was the one thing i could never get enough. i guess its friends who tell me how gay music is =/

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If our Photography class only had these people:

Heather
Denise
Ashley
Stephanie
Tania
Katrina
Angelica 
Gilbert 
(i think thats it)
that class would be freaking awesome!!
i can't wait till we're allowed to take cameras home =D i wanna buy like three rolls of film and then take pictures of friends and develop them secretly lol.


well i guess i should go now got loads of freaking english to do X.x

Nine months ago,

It seems so long ago.

All that remains,

Is a memory.

What was,

And who I had become.

Salvation;

Hidden under strings.

Hidden beneath the surface.

Minds racing,

Hearts breaking,

Never resting to find its peace.

Salvation. 

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Alright so its pretty shitty. i just thought about something. LOL. well as for my third post of the day =P i shall go off LJ now 
-Adders

And the wheel of fortune has turned once again and the fortunes bestowed negatively have started to change.

I finished my English, and then I has to edit it, it’s not the best it could be but its good enough. The thing that got me really CHESSED! Is the fact that that my average for semester 1 is 79!!!!!!!! Crap man that just means you’re good but not good enough. Like shit all I needed one percent. = (not being on the honor roll again = (oh well …next year’s the charm?

So yeah, I decided to skip religion class again. This is like the eighth time this semester and lol I don’t regret it because I haven’t missed anything major. Which is a good thing. I’m sorry Jon Carl I will not skip again =P.  

Today we had badminton practice in the morning at seven thirty. You know what that means! Having to leave the house at 6:30. -_-“. But yeah it was worth I finally have a tactic to playing singles it’s quite basic, hit the birdie far left, then far, right, and then net left. Basically this is practically it. Then I have decided that if my opponent figures out my method I’ll change it and then I’ll make it net left, left right, and back right. Because I learned that the first thing you want to do is to tire your opponent and make them run over the place. What this creates is most of the times, they will return back to you because they won’t care where they’re putting as long as you hit it over.

So as I was saying, sorry about my boring talk of tactics, I played Apple and Abigail two s. one, and guess who won?! Well of course me I tried using that tactic, although it was a bit harder because two people are a lot easier than one, it proved that using this tactic if effective even against doubles.

Alright getting away from my badminton talk, after school was jokes! I fell on my ass, and then I tripped Sylvia into the snow a billion of times, not to mention how I finally tripped over Ryan XD. I’m sorry Nick for hitting you with snow. I feel really bad. Hope you’ll forgive me someday. Lol it was jokes indeed.

Tomorrow morning I have music practice. Kind of don’t want to go but I don’t want to let Fargy down lol. Wednesday after school, well technically around two we (the badminton team) are going to Liberman where we will have our faces smashed to the ground once again. I really want to play singles. But point being. Thursday I have badminton practice from five thirty until 9 -_-“.  

Letter to my body

Dear Hair, I don’t like you. Thank you for putting up with all my damages to you. I’m very sorry.

Dear Eyes, thank you for being gorgeous I wish I could marry you.

Dear Mouth, I’m sorry I don’t use Chap Stick. I promise I will use some soon.

Dear Arms/Hands, I’m sorry for all the things I have done to you. From carrying heavy boxes and books to my cooking skills.

Dear Hands, why are you so dry?

Dear titas, I’m thankful but why do you have to get so big? =P

Dear stomach, I have nothing to say to you.

Dear Curves, Couldn’t you be more defined?

Dear Thighs, thank you very much for absorbing everything into you -_-“.

Dear Legs, Thank you for surviving the running, jumping and suicide drills in badminton. I’m surprised you still work.

Dear Mind, Why do you have to taunt me so? Making me have to relive everything as soon as it happens. And then making me feel so down and shitty.

GRADE 12 ENGLISH IS KILLING ME ALREADY!!!!

 we're already almost done act 1 of King Lear.
Already had a pop quiz on it

we have an assignment due two weeks from now on act 1, 2, 3 of king lear

we also got the beginning of our isu
well we got to choose the book anyways

basically for the isu, you have to pick a book from a list and then write a comparitative essay on that book and one of the books that we have to read in calss...


those books are:

a street car named desire
heart of darkness
king lear 
the great gatsby

so yeah.................