Julia Orlando 12/22

Welcome back to the classroom! At the beginning of the class Mr. Rivers handed us back our cards that the groups worked on yesterday. He then told us to re discuss the events on our cards which my group did in this discussion. We drew the good fortune and bad fortune chart again on the front born and began to analyze the events that happened in Gatsby life. The events we talked about yesterday are that Gatsby was poor and from North Dakota with unsuccessful parents. We also talked yesterday about his connections with Dan Cody, college,  and a new name going from Gatz to Gatsby. Gatsby is really ambitious and is mad that as a poor, janitor he is neglected and ignored so he leaves St.Olaf's in Minnesota and becomes clam digger which then again strikes him with his bad fortune. We then got into groups went into more depth about Dan Cody who is a rich, yacht owning, drunk man and how he and Gatsby benefited one another. Dan and Gatsby both offered companionship, while Gatsby helps Cody with his alcoholism and Cody with wealth. The two men rode with each other on the yacht for five years. After this we talk about the notorious $25,000 and the status decline of Gatsby because of the money he never gets. We then proceed to talk about Toms jealousy and how he is petty and annoying towards Gatsby. Does this relate to the American dream?