The "Great" Gatsby

Forgive me, but this blog post may offend any of you who are enjoying The Great Gatsby. I cannot stress enough how much I don't care for this book. Though I find F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing to be rather interesting, the story is dry and annoying.

The character Daisy is my main reason for not liking this book. She's annoying, dramatic, and a bit "loose" if you will. The idea of anyone falling in love with this character is beyond my knowledge.

Overall, I think my main reason why I don't like this book is because I am currently reading two other books at the same time. Does anyone else here share my stress? Mr. Kunkle isn't the only one who is assigning me thirty pages worth of reading. Of course, I'm not blaming anyone. When it comes to the other two books in my classes, I find them to be much more interesting and captivating. The Great Gatsby is just a big burden...nothing more.

Burn In Hell!

There's nothing I love more than religious people preaching about how if you don't do what they say, you'll spend an eternity burning in hell.

Jonathan Edwards, to me, is just another preacher who wants to channel fear into the minds of unsuspecting people. Luckily for him, the people of the world lived in a time where they'll believe anything you say if you use the words "Angry God" "Sinner" and the ever so popular phrase: "The fiery pits of hell!" (That phrase, to me, is more cliche than scary.) How many times do we hear statements like this? Eh, maybe Jonathan Edwards started it.

The fact of the matter is, the reading was just repetitive and annoying. I can't tell how many times I laughed at this man. If I was in the crowd when he was saying this, I would've merely said: "Why the hell should I believe one damn word you say?" Oh, I could just see the look on his face.

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Putting On the Mask of John Smith

All I can say is I hope I was not the only one who found masking the writing of another writer very difficult! At the same time, I found the exercise very intriguing. I have never though about trying to copy the writing style of another person.

Though I'm not a "huge" fan of my "John-Smith-Style" writing, I did have a little fun making the story.

I had to go back and read the John Smith story once again so I could truly understand how he wrote. While reflecting on the "epic" story, I contemplated how I wanted to write my version. The main ideas were simple: sound full of myself, switch from third to first to third person repeatedly, make the story sound "dangerous" and "heroic".

As I wrote, I felt like I was back in Creative Writing class. Obviously the daring tale of me traveling through the Great Wilderness (which is fictional) is completely made up. At the same time, I enjoyed writing a short story about yours truly.

Though I considered the assignment difficult, and I'll be absolutely mortified when I read it to anyone, I still found it to be a valuable writing exercise.