A Short Review...

This past semester of school was my last semester here at Ivy Tech. I enjoyed this past semester more than the other three. This semester, for me, mostly consisted of English courses. I enjoyed this class most though compared to all of the others. I have never taken a class where we got to pick what assignments we wanted to complete. I feel that way of teaching is better then the others. It let's us decide what we want to complete by what we are best at to begin with. As I have established, the pod of The Great Gatsby was my favorite pod of them all. I got to read the story that I love that I have read once before in high school. I liked these blog projects because I got to show you all a little of what I like. I wish you all luck with your futures whether it be more years with Ivy Tech, transferring to bigger colleges, or just simply progressing on with life. It was a joy.

Rebecca.

Let's Talk More About Gatsby!

Let's talk a little more about The Great Gatsby. I want to talk more about the music selections and the concept of the remake of the original movie. It seems that they take a different standpoint then the original. The remake is all about the parties and upbeat music. I think this is what makes the remake so fun. I'm also a big fan of Leonardo Dicaprio so it just makes the movie ten times better. I would like to hear more of peoples' opinions on this matter. Have you all seen the remake of The Great Gatsby? If so, did you like it? Did you like the original more? What did you think of all of the upbeat music? If you haven't seen the movie I enclosed another song from the movie. This song is one of the many upbeat songs that play at the party.

Switching It Up To Gatsby!

One of my favorite stories we ever read this semester was The Great Gatsby. I just really love that book. I read it in high school and of course again for this class. When I read it in high school we also watched the original movie, because at the time the remake wasn't quite out yet. That's what I want to talk about in this post. The remake of The Great Gatsby. I want to know everyone's thoughts on that. I really enjoyed the remake and what they did with it. I think they picked the perfect actors and actresses for the roles in the film. The one thing I really want to talk about when it comes to this movie is an artist who sang a famous song for it. Lana Del Rey sang "Young and Beautiful" for the film. I think what made me think of her is at the end of this month I am going to see her in concert with my sister. But anyways... I believe the song ties the film together pretty well and that was definitely one of my favorite things we read this semester!
Enclosed is a video of the song that Lana Del Rey sang. I figured I'd share it all with you. Enjoy!