Great Gatsby

This book definitely had some tough vocabulary with quite a few words that I didn't recognize.

The part that really made an impact was the fact that Tom and Daisy stayed together even though

Tom knew Daisy was going after Gatsby. Following that Gatsby stocked Daisy outside her window.

Then following that he got shot by Wilson, with these three events in a row was a knock out punch

for me because I was so interested. One part that kind of shocked me was the part where Jordan

told Nick she was already engaged to another man.

I wish I could know everything that goes on in Nick's mind because he is so complex, at one part

he kind of remembers how it's his birthday instead of celebrating it or anything, he's just very casual

about it. He has an extremely different mind set than everyone else and is one in a million. He is also

very compliant meaning if one of his friends asks him to do something or suggests something he tries

it, dating Jordan for instance.

I honestly didn't connect with any characters in this novel so I was pretty neutral while reading.

I would definitely recommend this book to older more experienced readers (honors 10 or higher)

because of the difficult vocabulary. But overall a good book with an interesting plot which kept

my attention pretty well.

The Grapes of Wrath

I'm not exactly sure how to describe this book. It is overall pretty sad considering everyone

who dies the dog, the grandpa, the grandpa, the priest, and the baby the list can go on. One thing

that really was in the back of my head was that Tom Joad the main character is a former fugitive.

I think he really learned his lesson in prison and is headed on the right track because of all the

good decisions he made throughout the book. Tom was definitely my favorite character and the

one who I connected with.

There is definitely one part that I would like to dig deeper into and that would be the last

page, where Rose of Sharon breast feeds the dying man and then she looked up and smiled

mysteriously. I don't know if it's just me but I can picture that scene at the end of a scary movie,

a distraught woman who lost her baby who then saves a man by feeding him but when she looks

up and smiles like that it just kind of creeped me out. That ending left me with a few questions

like, did the man get nursed back to health, did Rose of Sharon go insane or have a weird

moment where she liked it? I'm not sure but it's a little too weird for me.

My overall view of the book was that it was pretty slow which was expected, but it wasnt

bad. It was kind of difficult to get through just because it took so long. I would definitely

recommend this book to someone who is capable of reading it. I also liked how Steinbeck

narrated the novel kind of cycling and getting different narrators every once in a while it

definitely kept me awake and alert not just listening to the same person tell a story for 619

pages. Overall I give this book a thumbs up.