Haiku Poems

The sky is blue out
The sun is so warm up high
I love the summer time


Christmas is most special to me
Christmas is my favorite holiday
I love this tine of year


Graduation time is near
Graduation time is rare
But graduation I'll make it there

s2 redo.

S3

slope 2

3

L2

LF

Pythagorean Theorem.

Betrayal in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby”

Jasmine Williams

November 7, 2014

English 3 4^th Pd.

                                     Betrayal in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby”

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. It is recognized as the “Great American Novel” as it shows great wealth, partying, jazz music and many other aspects of the “American Dream”. In his novel he shows a lot of symbols, and themes including wealth, greed, and the most vivid, betrayal. Betrayal can upset people and ruin many people. Betrayal was demonstrated throughout the entire novel with a lot of connections. Betrayal plays an important role in F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby. The first part of betrayal takes place in Tom’s betrayal of Daisy. Tom betrays his wife Daisy when he has an affair with a woman named Myrtle. Tom was ignoring the sanctity of their marriage and having an affair with a woman who is also married. Not only is this wrong but Tom is now destroying everything he and Daisy has built together. They have a child together and this affair could potentially tear their family apart. Tom’s disloyal and guilt free ways allows him to have an affair without feeling any regret. Tom’s betrayal caused Daisy to see nothing wrong with her betraying Tom. Daisy, like her husband, has an affair but, she cheats on Tom with Gatsby. She slowly started to lose faith in humanity and starts to see the world as a bad place. She wishes for her daughter not to see the world as a bad place, she hopes for her daughter to grow up naïve and clueless she wishes for her to see the world as a happy place and not the reality and cruel place. When she says “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Tom’s betrayal made Daisy think this way. Nothing good came of Tom’s betrayal. It caused Daisy to change her whole outlook on life and impacted her in a very negative way. When you cheat on someone you love nothing good can come and this is proved in Tom’s betrayal.  The second piece of betrayal that takes place is Jay Gatsby betraying himself. Growing up Jay always tried to become a better man. After Gatsby died his dad found a list of things he had made to improve himself day by day. Gatsby was capable of many great things he instead did what would make other people happy with him. His dream was to be with the girl he loves most and that girl is Daisy. Every wrong choice Gatsby made was made in the intentions of impressing Daisy or doing what other people wanted of him. He was a bootlegger, and he would throw extravagant parties using the bootlegged booze hoping for Daisy to be impressed. Gatsby wanted nothing more than to turn back time to when he and Daisy were in love. Nothing but, trouble came of Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy. He wasted time chasing Daisy and only cheated himself. Gatsby’s betrayal of himself led to his own death. Instead of doing great things and following his plan he took the blame for one of Daisy’s big mistakes, which led to his down fall. The final betrayal presented in the novel is Daisy’s betrayal of Gatsby. Daisy always knew how Gatsby felt about her but never took an interest to him. Her feelings began to change for him once she realized his wealth.  Daisy led Gatsby to believe she loved him again and that they would be together forever, when Tom confronted Gatsby about the affair the truth came out. Gatsby accused Daisy of never loving Tom but Daisy admitted that this was not true. Daisy told Gatsby of her love for Tom she says “I did love him once” Gatsby was shocked to hear that and he grew the feeling of betrayal towards Daisy. Gatsby was under the impression that Daisy loved him all along and never Tom. After this incident Daisy ignored Gatsby and no longer came to visit. She betrayed him by completely cutting him out of her life while leading him to believe she was In love with him again. Daisy also betrayed Gatsby by never admitting to Tom that she was the one who hit Myrtle with the car. All the blame fell upon Gatsby once. Myrtle’s husband, Mr. Wilson demanded that he get his revenge and this brought him to kill Gatsby. Daisy’s betrayal of Gatsby led to his death. Daisy never cared enough to even ever admit to what she did even after he had died. Daisy also neglected to come to Gatsby’s funeral, Daisy’s many betrayals of Gatsby ultimately led to his untimely death. As I’ve stated before betrayal plays an important role in this novel. 

The devil and Tom Walker.

I can infer that Tom was a sneaky and nosey man “her husband was continually prying to detect her secret hoards, and many of the things were the conflicts that took place about what ought to have been common property”. He was miserly. Tom was a married man but him and his wife’s marriage was rather unusual. They fought his face showed signs that their conflicts weren't confidence to words. Tom was a rather selfish man, who didn't care about anyone’s happiness but his own. Tom was brave “he wasn't a man to be troubled with any fears of the kind. Tom was not a man to stick to trifles where the money was in view” he usually would take money no questions asked. I know this because the author indirectly told me. Tom’s wife was a tall woman, who was fierce of temper, loud, and really strong. I know this because the author directly told me. She was just as miserly as her husband was whatever she could lay her hands on she hid away the hen could not cackle but she was on alert to secure the new laid egg. She was a rather brave woman; she and tom had a lot in common. She didn't care for anyone but herself, she was greedy I know this because the author directly but indirectly mentioned this “all her avarice was awakened at the mention of gold, she urged Tom to comply wealth for life. She only did what would benefit herself so she determined to drive the bargain on her own. I can infer that old snatch was the devil. He arrived out of nowhere. He had gumball red eyes, and he took people’s lives in the way that no one else could or did.

I AM- two small words, and yet,

it's a powerful place in which to be.

It's my life and I'm living it,

I am everything, you see.

I am responsible for my actions

And all the things I say and do.

I am responsible for my behavior,

and how I interact with you.

I am responsible for my level of work,

and the choices that I make.

I am responsible for the values I profess,

and for the ways that I communicate.

I AM..

I CAN-

I can earn the respect of others

and gain their friendship true.

I can honor all things living,

and take care of my mind, health, and body too.

I can do my best each day,

and I can know my best is great.

I can continue to progress,

and move closer to my fate.

I CAN..

I will use my talents wisely,

Learn to manage the moods of life.

I will respect my ups and downs,

Ask for help in overcoming strife.

I will is a promise to see clearly.

I WILL..

Mary E. Phillips Dress code.

I dislike Mary Phillips school dress code because I'm not used to being in a uniform. I dislike the school dress code because I don't get to be my colorful self. I dislike school dress code because we don't have many options color wise. I also dislike school dress code because when shopping there's not much to look for but the basic things. I think I look like everyone else that's boring and not my usual look. I'm just not like the school dress code because fashion is everything to me, but I make do with what I have to wear and usually it's cute and I feel like me again.

There are many reasons why I don’t like our Mary Phillips school dress code. I just feel like as teenage students we should be able to express ourselves. I as a person and a teenage girl love fashion, so I think school should be one of the many places where we express ourselves. The colors are really plain to me. They don’t really show who we are. If we were able to at least change up the color of our bottoms then I would probably like the dress code more. One of the many things that bother me about the dress code is the colors because the clothes aren’t that hard to find.

I don’t like the school dress code because everything is so limited, from the uniform down to the colors of our jackets, shoes, and much more. We have to wear these few colors and things every day and I find that really boring.  If we could have days twice a week where we could come to school dressed up in our choice of clothing that would be nice. My whole point in disliking uniform and school dress code is because I came from a school last year where we got to wear our own choice of clothes. Some days when you come to school you want to be comfortable, and maybe put on something rather comfy like maybe a T-shirt, and some shorts or jeans. But instead we have to wear our school uniform.

I do however get mixed feelings sometimes about the school uniform. There are many reasons because of it it’s easier to find clothes it doesn't usually take me as long as it usually would. I’m not really fond of the school dress code but I do believe that if you add some you into the uniform your outfit would turn out fine. On the Brightside everyone looks so neat, and well put together.

Theme.

I chose pinokkio who is usually a boy found hanging with his friends. They usually do fun personified things throughout their journey. He's a skinny boy who is made up of sticks, he appears to be a puppet. Everyone who knows pinokkio knows that he's known to be a liar. For his life his nose to grow back to a normal size he'd have to tell the truth. I bet if that could happen nobody would lie. Lying isn't the worst sin in the world but it's bad when you tell the truth it gets you out of a lot.