Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Gatsby Revealed

The Great Gatsby is a novel that will forever be considered a classic. The novel expresses a elemant that money can buy happiness as well as love in a womens eyes. It will stand the test of time because this elemant of money able to buy everything. As time shows money has the ablitly to purchase what some people consider happiness untill love enters their lives. Once we have felt the warming sensation of love, we as a human race never want it to leave or abanden us. We also love the sensation of being able to purchase everything we desire however one thing we can never buy is true love of which a person can only feel in the arms of someone they love; wishing they could spend the rest of their lives with. Julius Ceasar was a man who came to great fame through success however when he would go through the crowds he had a servant with the job of telling him he was only a man. Julius Ceasar was smart knowing that all the wealth and fame could easily get him. Animal Farm is also another  story that could be compared to The Great Gatsby. In Animal Farm the pig had great power unlike the other stories this one truely ended in the death of an animal who let everything get to him. They all express an elemant of a classic novel that allows a specific character to get more power or wealth, ending it in a tragedy from the character not watching what they are doing with the responsibility they hold.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Letter to Sarah Ballou

      My Dearest Sullivan,
I hope to see you soon after the war won with you safely home again. William and Edgar have been more and more eager to see you as well as being embraced in your arms. Our daily prayer is of your safe return and we know God looks over you in your daily agendas. I whisper your name over and over again wanting to taste your soft lips pressed against mine own. Sullivan you forever forgive for everything you have done wrong to me and wish it to ease from your heart, mind ,and soul. Do no fear the almighty hand of god for he will leave you to come home to your sons and I. I shall wait here always waiting for your return. The day you left to fight was one of the worst days in my life because my heart belongs to you and i need you to return it when you come marching home to me. My beloved Sullivan come home to me in one peice. Edger, William, and I are not a true family without being at your side. Our hearts are saddened, fore you are not here to be with us in our labors. The government is important but the love we share is the absolute most important thing in my life. This time has been a test of our love and it will never break. Our chains of love are forever and if you do meet death then I will meet you there. I have written these lines to bring your spirits up to give you the momentum you need to return to us.
With Undying Love,
Sarah