Post 3 Paula Orozco

-->In mi opinion the most striking moments in the story were both in chapter 7:
1- When Tom cofirmed that Gatsby and Daisy were in love. It's superb when it says "She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago".
2- I love the row they had at the Plaza Hotel because of the "polite" way they had to fight. But the best thing was when Tom says "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife".

-->While I was reading the novel as I usually do, I was trying to speculate with the end. But of course, it was completely unexpected! Even though, my last "risky" prediction wasn't totally wrong, in a way Tom and Daisy had gone away the day after the row and the same day Gatsby died.. Besides, I thought of the bad qualities the characters had (dishonest, unreliable, interested only in money) and the way they spent their lives without any objective in life.

-->The text made me think about my own life. It made me reflect on the things I have and especially in my blessings, that it doesn't matter if you are a millionaire but it's necessary to be happy and to have goals in life. I think that if you don't have to fight for anything and whatever you want is on a silver platter, then you don't treasure your possessions or even people that love you.

--> The question I would ask the writer if I got the chance is: Why did you decide to make Daisy so weak in personality? 
I thought she would make a difference... I was not expecting a happy ending but a woman with conviction.

Post 2 Paula Orozco

-->So far, my predictions have been confirmed but they were not too risky... That's why now I decided to be a bit more "adventurer": I think that what will happen next is that Tom discovers Daisy's affair with Gatsby, so he forces her to move far away from West Egg. If that's OK Daisy is the unhappy woman in the cover and my Voice Thread prediction would be completly correct!!

-->The quote I'll select now is:

"They had forgotten me, but Daisy glanced up and held out her hand; Gatsby didn't know me now at all. I looked once more at them and they looked back at me, remotely, possessed by intense life."

I've chosen this quotation because of the way Nick express the intense moment between Gatsby and Daisy as if they feel full of life and love. By reading it, I can imagine how uncomfortable Nick felt there and I understand his decision of leaving them together. I can't say why, but Nick's way of speaking make me laugh! May be it's because of the way I imagine he expresses his feelings. 

-->The changes I noticed were: 

1- We now know about Gatsby and his parties, we also know what people think of him. Then, Gatsby invents a story of his life but finally tells Nick the real one.

2- There's more descriptions about Jordan Baker, she is a golf player, dishonest but anyway Nick is beginning to be in love with her.

3- It's explained why Gatsby lives there and why he gives so many parties.

4- The "romance" begins again between Gatsby and Daisy, so we can see that Daisy is not  so innocent after all...

5- Tom is shown as jealous because he can perceive his wife's affair.

Post 1 Paula Orozco

So far my predictions in the Voice Thread have been quite well, as I said it was situated in the United States,  was related to wealthy families and with dances. But, up to now, nothing is mentioned about a character that is not happy with something!

-->The quotation I've chosen is:
"I lived at West Egg, the- well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them."
I chose it because he made me laugh with that description. I can imagine Nick expressing that idea with a sense of humor and a touch of irony... His poor house was squeezed between two huge places that made it look even more horrible!

-->Characters:
Nick Carraway: the novel's narrator and  member of a well-to do family. He is a tolerant person, a hard worker (in the bond business), a veteran of the war and because of his father's piece of advice, he is declined to reserve judgements.

Daisy Buchanan: Nick's second cousin and Tom's Buchanan's wife. She was described as a charming woman with a thirilling voice, with a sad and lovely face.

Tom Buchanan: Daisy's unfaithful and violent husband. He was a football player at College and member of a enormously wealthy family. He was a sturdy straw-haired mand of thirty, with arrogant eyes and a cruel body.

Jordan Baker: Daisy's friend, well-known for playing a sport.

Jay Gatsby: Nick's wealthy neighbour and the protagonist of the novel.

Myrtle Wilson: Tom's lover under the pretext that she was totally unhappy with her marriage.

-->I think Gatsby and Nick will be very close friends and that Nick and Jordan will part a love story...