Blog #4- Compare and Contrast

In the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is a lot of cheating and scandles. With similar tastes, the strong headed Tom Buchanan and fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby both have an eye for Daisy. Tom married her but she never truely loved him. Daisy always had the idea of Gatsby coming back from war and sweaping her off her feet. When he finally does appear she's married to Tom, even though she's fully awear of Tom being completely unfaithful. The story unravels and tragedies occur. Tom would never think he is alike to Gatsby but little does he know they have much in common. The New York Times did note that "sex was the national obsession," so these adults living in the 1920s try to keep their cahoots under wraps.

Blog #3 Critical Review.

In my opinion, The Great Gatsby is one of the best classic novels. The book is a clever tale about a rich man, named Jay Gatsby, who enjoys surrounding himself with people who relish in his wealth. The main theme of the book is ttaking in the 20s about the American idealism and immaterial nature has been corrupted by wealth. The novel is a broken hearted love triangle, Daisy Buchanan is married to treacherous Tom, and Gatsby is caught falling for Daisy, and all the drama unravels before Nick Carraway's eye. I found myself wanting to read more and more every night but found that lights had to be out at 12, so i would crawl under my blankets with a booklight just to finish up the chapter. The story is riveting and one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature.

Blog #2

I haven't read too many non-fiction books, but from memory I remember reading Go Ask Alice. It's a diary of a young troubled girl who goes further and further down the wrong path as a drug addict. It's purposed as a testimony against drugs. This fifteen year old girl gets slipped LSD in her drink at a party and months later she becomes hooked and homeless. Many teenagers have troubled pasts, and after reading this book I felt like it really related to me in some ways, like not feeling pretty and not having very many friends, so she just writes everything down. I'm not addicted to any hard drugs but we all have our weaknesses, some people are just smart enough to never do anything of it in the first place so they never have to pick their poison...

Blog #1- Introduction

Abagail Petersen's Introduction

I'm what you call an average teenager. My pleasurable pastimes include frisbee, bicycle riding, practicing guitar, and drinking coffee. I'm in training to recieve my motorcycle lisence. My friends are asain and I love them all. Cigarettes are a habbit I'm trying to break, life will be better once I do.