11 AP Blog

        Today’s post is going to be about books. Not specifically one book, but all books, generalized. Have you ever realized how affected we are by the things we read? Even if it’s not the author’s purpose, its scientifically proved that our brain analyzes everything that goes into our minds according to our background knowledge and past perspectives.  In fact, our brains really analyze it and absorb new information to this perspectives. During the last weeks, I have been reading the book It Is Kind of a Funny Story , by Ned Vizzini, which talks about a kid that has been going through several problems including depression and anxiety. Even if it is not rare to find books with this topic nowadays, this book got my attention by the fact that it describes a lot and really explains what goes through the mind of a depressive/anxiety kid. The fact that the book is narrated by Craig, who is the victim, also helps. In my guess, it made easier for the author to make his point by using th

First of all, I decided to talk about the question that all of us that read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald may have wondered in the end of the book. Was Gatsby that  Great? In fact, Gatsby could be considered great by his benevolence to always throw parties and let anyone come in even without an invitation, for giving the dress to the woman, by lending his servants to other people, for actually being generous about his money without expecting anything in change of that, and letting people take advantage of it. Although Gatsby doesn’t mind being generous, some people see this generosity as Gatsby’s negligence about everything else except Daisy. What besides being true, reveals his obsession about Daisy, and that makes me think that maybe he is just great on planning everything for her, due the fact that all that money that he is spending on the parties and using to achieve the Dream through his eyes, is illegal money and he didn't choose the most clear path to ac

I decided to write this week's post about something that I wondered while reading The Great Gatsby this week... Can you imagine if the story of The Great Gatsby was told in real time ? Of course we will never know what it would actually be like, but based on what I’ve been reading so far, and what I know about the amusant characters, my guess is that Gatsby would probably live on Upper West Side, New York; his car would probably be a Mercedes , M aserati , or BMW ; where the brand would be used to show luxury instead of the yellow color; his astonishing shirts brought from England would probably be replaced by Armani and Burberry clothes….Some things would not change -in my vaste opinion -for example, Daisy’s ambition to marry the wealthy guy instead of the poor military one, it is not rare to see that nowadays. Also, something that I think would be different is the fact that Daisy knows -even if she pretends to not- about Tom and Myrtle’s affair. A woman nowadays proba