Blog #3

I recently read a book named The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Despite what everyone says, not to judge a book by it's cover, I assumed that this book was going to have something to do with a gypsy. I was incredibly wrong. When I first started this book, it was unclear to me wether the narrator was a man or a woman. Before I got too confused about it though, it became most definitely clear that the narrator was indeed a man. The book takes place form the view of Nick Carraway, who is the neighbor of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby. Nick has a cousin who's name is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to a Tom Buchanan, who happens to be cheating on Daisy with a woman named Mrytle. Nick meets Mrytle, despite his cousin being Daisy, and soon finds out she too is married. After getting to know Gatsby better, Nick discovers that Gatsby has been in love with his cousin since before he left for the war. That's why Gatsby lives in the house that he does, because he can see a light from Daisy's house. The two end up having an affair together, but Tom finds out. By accident, Mrytle is killed by Daisy running her over with Gatsby's car. Mrytle's husband blames Gatsby and kills himself and Gatsby, not in that order. In the end, it seems that their entangled web of lies is just incredible. Who knew that there could be so much drama in one book! I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes to read and enjoys a surprise around ever corner.

Blog #2

I haven't read that many non-fiction books, but I have read a few. Of those few include All But My Life, The Diary of Anne Frank, Fast Food Nation, The Search for Amelia Earhart, and Founding Brothers. All But My Life is an autobiography, The Diary of Anne Frank is a diary, Fast Food Nation is a criticism, The Search for Amelia Earhart is a biography, and Founding Brothers is a history. I remember in All But My Life at one point Gerda Weissman saying that dieing would be a luxury and I just foind that so humbling. I really liked in the beginning of Fast Food Nation how Eric Schlosser compared fast food to a secret underground facility, like fast food companies are more than meets the eye...in a bad way. I don't really remember much about reading The Diary of Anne Frank, but I have been to her hiding place and it was incredibly sad to think of the terrible things that people had gone through in those times. The Search for Amelia Earhart was very interesting to read because I felt that she inspired so many women to greatness, just from doing the things that she loved and wanted to do. Even though some of my classmates felt that Founding Brothers was a boring book, I quite enjoyed it. I loved learning all the facts of what really happened at the duel between Hamilton and Burr and what led up to the duel. Despite what I originally thought, non-fiction can be cool to read!

Blog #1

My name is Emma like dilemma and Villa like tortilla. I'm a part of Link Crew and YTOT, and it's amazing! I love meeting new people and traveling. Also, I recently discovered that I'm capable of saying the alphabet backwards in less than 5 seconds. Impressive? I think so.