ch 9

in chapter 9 it takes place 2 years later and nick talks about how no one came to gatsby's funeral besides a few people and one was his father. the father told nick about gatsby's younger life and showed him a book he wrote. also nick relizes that daisy and tom dont care about anyone and like to ruin peoples lives. he also noticed that the west side is just like the east, and decides to move back to where he use to live. also he relizes the fast money way of life is not a good way to live.

ch 8

in chapter 8 we find out that daisy is back with tom and tom is not hurting her. nick talks to gatsby about daisy and says maybe he should leave and forget about daisy, but he refuses. as the time goes on nick relizes he is late for work so he leaves, once he gets to work he doesn't want to work, and also refuses to go out with jordan that night. all he can do is think about gatsby and daisy. while he is at work myrtles husband wilson thinks that the person who killed his wife should die too, so he goes after the owner of the car. he finds out it was gatsby and shoots him, and then kills himself. nick arrives at the house too late and finds both of them dead.

ch 7

in chapter 7 a lot happens. first tom finds out that gatsby and daisy are in love. this makes tom very upset. i dont really no why though, because he does have an affiar to, so really he is just getting a taste of his own medicine. anyways, they all go out and then tom makes daisy and gatsby go home so show daisy that he isn't scared of gatsby and it isn't hurting him. on the way home gatsby hit myrtle in a hit and run scene. nick figures out it was them that did it, so he found gatsby and accused him of what he did.

ch 6

in chapter 6 we learn about gatsby's real past. he was a poor young man that dropped out of college. his job was fishing for salmon and digging for clams. one day he saw a yacht so he went out and told the captain about a storm coming in and this guy took gatsby in and also gave him his name we call him. this rich guy died and left gatsby 25,000 dollars and also made gatsby want to be wealthy, so this is the reason he worked so hard to be wealthy. then is goes on to talk about tom was at gatsby's house and is starting to hint that something is going on between daisy and gatsby. gatsby has a party and tom and daisy both come and gatsby notices that daisy wasn't having a good time. he talks to nick about it and says he wants them to be like they were in the old days when they were younger.

ch 5

one day nick came home after a date with jordan, and gatsby needed to talk to nick. gatsby needed to talk to him about the tea thing with diasy. he was really nervous about seeing her, but they end up going through with the plan, and at first it was very akward but ended up they really hit it off. gatsby invited nick and diasy to his house and daisy was amazed by his house and everything he had. gatsby and diasy talked forever and ended up forgetting about nick, so he left them alone. he wonder if daisy could live up to the expectations gatsby had for her.

ch 5

ch 4

chapter 4 is still talking about gatspy and his parties. nick tells us that some of the nations wealthiest people attend gatspy's parties. nick then goes on and talk about the trips he takes with gatspy and mainly brags that he is friends with him. gatspy tells nick about where he went to school and about trips he took, but nick doesn't seem to believe him, so gatspy proves it with pictures and objects. later that day nick goes to hang out with jordan, and she tells nick about what gatspy talked to her about. she tells nick that gatspy and daisy use to be in love and that he wants nick to have tea with daisy and gatspy, but not tell her gatpsy with be their. also we find out daisy is the reason he has the big parties and is the reason he moved here.

ch 3

chapter 3 talks about Gatspy a lot. the reason he is so popular is because he throws so many parties, that are the most amazing parties ever. he never invited anyone, except for nick. he did invite him because they were neighbors. when gatspy and nick run into each other at the party, gatspy says nick looks formilar. they come to the accusation that they fought in the war together. we find out that Gatspy has these parties, but never drinks, nor is he in the middle of the party. he always stays on the outside of it. That night nick ran into jordan baker and they kind of hooked up, and later that night gatspy wanted to talk to jordan. nick took tom's and diaseys advice and started to date jordan, who he knows is a dishonest person.

ch 3

ch 2

chapter 2 starts out talking about the poor section of town, and has eyes that look like they look down on the whole city. it is a great valley where the cities ashes are dumped. the is where toms lover lives. one day while tom and nick were on the train tom made nick get off with him in this little town and they picked up Myrtle and went to an apartment in New York that Tom has for his affiar. they had a party, and all got drunk. Myrtle wanted a puppy, so tom got her one, and as she was getting more seived up, she got louder and louder. myrtle started to talk about tom's wife after she got her puppy and tom told her to shut up and she wouldn't, so he broke her nose.

chapter 1

the characters are Nick, Tom, Myrtle, Jordan, Daisy, and Gatspy. it mainly talks about how they all know each other and then talks about how nick moved to new york because of his job. he lives in west egg, because that is the place where people with new money live, and east egg is where the people with old money live. also it talks about how nick is the writer of the book and the main character.

in 1896 Francis was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sept. 24.
1920 married Zelda on April 3
1921 he wrote Flappers and Philosophers which was a collection of short stories
1922 he wrote the Tales of the Jazz age, which were also short stories
1925 wrote the Great Gatspy
1934 he wrote Tender is the night
1940 he died at the age of 44 on Dec. 21

"An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."
-i think this quote mean that when you write you need to write for the generation you are in, but yet on top of that it should be good enough to carry on to more generation, so when the critics look it over, they will have it be one of the many literary book we read in classes for many many generations after if was written.

important evens during the 1920's are:
the 18th amendment was prohibited
women got rights to vote
Albert Einstein tells about his new theory of relativity
Margaret Sanger forms the American birth control league
Teapot Dome scandal occurs
Richard Byrd makes first flight over North Pole
Gertrude Ederle smims the English channl in 14 hrs. 31 min.
black thursday happened and 13 million shares were sold

Quote means-I Have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (horace)

THESIS- Henry was a worthless soldier and should have been thrown to the front line.

1st. point- Henry only thought about himself

“So, staggering before the loud soldier, he began: "Yes, yes. I've--I've had an awful time. I've been all over. Way over on th' right. Ter'ble fightin' over there. I had an awful time. I got separated from the reg'ment. Over on th' right, I got shot. In th' head. I never see sech fightin'. Awful time. I don't see how I could a' got separated from th' reg'ment. I got shot, too" (Crane 13. 7).

Henry did what he could to protect his own life and only his own life. I believe this because as in the quote he lies to other soldiers to cover up his mistake of running from the war. This quote is just one of the many times he made up lies. This quote is saying that Henry finally got back to his regiment and said he got lost from his regiment by fighting so hard, and was shot in the head. What really happened was he ran from the battle to save his own life, and then wanted to find out what was going on, so he went to a soldier to find out and got hit in the head by a rifle. All this is explaining how Henry is selfish.

2nd point- Henry let down his country down.

“Destruction threatened him from all points. Directly he began to speed toward the rear in great leaps. His rifle and cap were gone. His unbuttoned coat bulged in the wind. The flap of his cartridge box bobbed wildly, and his canteen, by its slender cord, swung out behind. On his face was all the horror of those things which he imagined” (Crane 6. 23-25).

Throughout this quote it speaks about Henry running from the battles. A soldier that runs is a bad worthless soldier, and really is just a waste of the governments money to train him, feed him, give him weapons, and clothes. All he did was let his country down. At least me as a person, if I hear a soldier didn’t do his job, it lets me down and it does the same to many people all over the country. Doesn’t it just make you wonder how many people do run, and at some point too many people will get scared and we might loose the war. Usually if you loose a war, it’s not a good thing for the loosing opponent. This all starts with one person running from battle, so it was a major mistake Henry did.

3rd point- Henry could have saved many lives if he had stayed and fought.

"What?" he asked. "Where yeh hit?" repeated the tattered man. "Why," began the youth, "I--I--that is--why--I--" He turned away suddenly and slid through the crowd. His brow was heavily flushed, and his fingers were picking nervously at one of his buttons. He bent his head and fastened his eyes studiously upon the button as if it were a little problem” (Crane 8. 43-48)

Even though Henry became a decent soldier towards the end of the book, he still let his men down and pretty much killed some of them. As in the quote, it talks about Henry talking to the tattered man and suddenly slips into a crowd of people, instead of helping the wounded soldier. That soldier might have died because of Henry. Also since Henry ran from battle, there were lives Henry could have saved, only if he would have stayed. Think about it Henry stays and kills maybe 5 guys that would be 5 less guys killing the Union soldiers. Which results in Henry saving lives.


Jordan Noteboom
English 11
Mrs. Lebo
12-10-08

saving private ryan

Identify and discuss all of the motifs, themes, and symbols from The Red Badge of Courage as they are used in the film Saving Private Ryan. Include any additional symbols noted in the film. For example, what is the significance of the letter?
Motifs: Light and Dark-is the right thing to do or wrong thing to do, like not killing the soldiers who surrended even tho they killed some of there own guys.

Noise and Silence- one time it took place was when the music was on and no fighting was going on and then the music went off when the germans started to come. another time was when main commander we saw was hit by the tank and everything was quiet, then suddenly the noise of the fighting came back again.

clean and dirty- was when one of the soldiers was killed and his letter he wrote was all bloody, so another soldier took his letter and re-wrote it on clean paper.

youth and maturity- the corporal/translator was a little pussy and wouldn't kill anyone, and probably could have saved many lives if he had killed some people, but he didn't until the end when he killed a german soldier that they should have killed earlier in the movie when he surrendered.

Symbols:
the dead soldier-Wade- represented the saying they said kill one save 10 times that or maybe even 20 times that, it also represents your last thoughts before you die.

the flag-represents what the American soldiers are fighting for and maybe the begining and end of the war

the hand- i think it represented peace at the end because when he died he finally had peace and his hand stopped shaking on the commander.

Themes:
courage-this is a great theme for the movie and book or any thing dealing with war, because you half to have courage to fight and do what a soldier does, like in the movie when they charged at the bunkers with just a few men and no real protection but a gun to shoot back, they were in the wide open

manhood- was a good theme for the translator boy. because he went into the war not being a man, he was still a child and didn't want to kill anyone or be in any combat. i'm sure it is hard being out there, but you are a soldier and need to toughen up and fight, because of him, many guys died, but at the end of the movie he finally grew a pair and killed a guy.
courage

themes and concepts

Themes: an idea that recurs in or pervades a work

Courage during the war they needed courage and had courage like during the charges

Manhood henry reached his man hood during the war

Self-preservation the youth ran to save their lives during the fighting

Disregard for Human Life they killed others they were fighting against

Motifs: distinctive feature or dominant idea

Noise and Silence at one point during the war there was a time that it was really quiet and peaceful and then suddenly the shooting appeared again

Light and Dark during the night it was dark and during the day it was light

Clean and Dirty some soldiers mind and mouths were dirty and others like henry's was clean

Youth and Maturity henry started out during the war as a youth and came out of the war as a man

Symbols: objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas

The Dead Soldier was dead bloody and looked as if he was shocked or stunned by something

The Flag symbloized the soldiers country and there patrism and wanted to burn or destroy the enemies flag