Jelly Roll Morton

The music is very smooth and flowing, while being upbeat and danceable. This would be conducive to a good 1920's artistocrat part atmosphere.

Gatsby #2

1. Mayor Wolfsheim represents a part of Gatsby's life that is hidden from the outside world. He develops the more misterious side of Jay's character.
2. The story of Gatsby and Daisy's past together allow us to see the void that he has in his soul, the place where Daisy used to be. There was always a sort of apparent undercurrent of longing in Gatsby's manner, and this new bit of history explains it.
3. Hearing the rest of Gatsby's past, we understand that he was not of outstandingly wealthy upbringing, and had been cheated out of money in the past. Gatsby has also stumbled on to a great bit of luck throughout his life, and although his life seems effortlessly successful, he has gone through a great deal of trouble getting there.
4. Knowing Gatsby's history changes the readers oopinion of him in many ways. First of all, the shroud of attractive mystery is almost completely lifted. With that hidden dangerous aspect of Gatsby present, he seems more in control of things. He seem to be less of a man and more of a perfectly omniscient creature. This is the case with all characters. Once we know their past and there is no longer a sexy mystery to them, they lose attractiveness, because their past is never as interesting as we might imagine. In this unfolding of history, Gatsby looses some of his fatherly charm and becomes more personable, more human. I'd hate to say I like him less, because there was nothing that I learned about his past that was particularly unnattractive, but I don't find as much interest in him.

Great Gatsby (hero, antihero, villain)

In reading the first three chapters I will make these (probably incorrect) predictions. I predict firstly that Tom will be the villain. Tom has a mistress and has made up an elaborate lie about his wife's religion as a reason why he cannot divorce her. He is courteous and all, but i get the feeling that his "hulking" physique might be a sort of reflection of his dominating and possibly malevolent personality. I feel that Gatsby is the hero. He seems like he runs the show. He throws these huge parties, yet, instead of getting frunk with the rest of his guests, he takes a almost fatherly stance and wattches thes crowd. He knows what he is doing and understands the social climate and how to manipulate it. Jordan Baker will become the antihero. She is dishonest and reckless "She was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to be at a disadvantage...(pg. 58)." Jordan has all tthesse flaws that are unattractive in society, but she seems to have good intentions and Nick obviously likes her, and will probably end up loving her.

Bua

Bua's style depicts a lot of distorted, crooked, shadowy, angular, heavily dimensional figures. He consistently uses a lot of dimension and curves and sharp angles where they wouldn't naturally occur and a sort of distorted crookedness.

Sixteen Military Wives

This is about the military wives that lose their husbands, the celebrities that fall out of reality and America generally.
The theme is that America keeps presing on, ignoring that it's hurting it's own people, because it can't quit. America projects to the people an illusion that everything's alright and that it's better to focus on the little things to distract us while the government eats us alive.