Literature Analysis

1.The Great Gatsby is focused around Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, who moves to New York in the summer of 1922. He finds himself in West Egg, an area that is populated by the rich. Nick Carraway's neighbor is Jay Gatsby, a rich, highly mysterious man, who throws lavish over the top parties every weekend. Nick gets invited to one of Gatsby's parties, and through Nick's newfound love interest, Jordan, Nick is able to learn a bit about Gatsby. He founds out Gatsby is madly in love with a woman named Daisy, who he has not spoken to in years. Daisy happens to be Nick's cousin and married to a man name Tom. Regardless of this marriage, Gatsby and Daisy start a love affair. Things turn awry when Tom confronts Gatsby. This confrontation leads to a distressed Daisy taking Gatsby's car and driving off. In the midst of all this chaos Daisy ends up hitting and killing a woman named Myrtle. Myrtle's husband thinking Gatsby was driving the car ends up shooting Gatsby and killing him. Nick throws a funeral for Gatsby where there is little attendance. Nick then ends up cutting off all relationships he has in West Egg and returns to the Midwest.

Resource of the Day

My resource of the day is from Sarah Stevens. I was looking for a site were I could put Breanna and my project information and research. Sarah went through the same dilemma and gave me her words of wisdom. She went through many programs where you had to pay for having the site or started out free but then would charge. We then decided to end with blogger to make it easy and it is a format that Breanna and I are familiar with. So there you have it. Thanks Sarah!

10 Questions

If I were to talk to an expert for more help on my project, these are the questions I would ask, assuming I was talking with a director of movies.

1. How has movies changed your life?

2. What made you want to pursue directing? 

3. How do you collaborate with others?

4. How has your values effected your movies?

5. What's your take on the impact of your movies in society?

6. How have the viewers of your movies responded to them?

7. Has your audience influenced how you direct your movies?

8. How has your life experiences effected your movies?

9. Do you portray your life experiences in your movies?

10. Do you see reality different since you have created your own world?

Benchmark Project

Breanna and I have come together to embark on this project as a team. We have decided to take movies from the 1900s and compare them to movies in the 2000s. We will show how these movies have effected the way we think about things and how they have become more explicit over time. 

In many of the 1900s movies, you see a married couple sleeping in two separate beds, i.e I Love Lucy, consceleing the obvious that they do sleep together, when in nowadays movies they don't hide the fact at all. We plan to make a website with different insights, using creative ways to show our thoughts. We will be asking our friends and family what they think of certain movies and add it to our research. To see our website I will soon add a link for all to see. Stay posted!