The Great Gatsby (continued: pt.2)

             When talking about the valley of Ashes, a billboard is oddly yet graspingly noticed in very intricate detail describing the scene on this billboard. It has the picture of two eyes belonging to a Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. They are vibrant-blue and one yard tall. I thought the mention to such specifications on a simple billboard in the middle of nowhere was a bit peculiar.
             Nick and Tom are on a train in this scene on their way to New York when Tom convinces Nick to get off with him so he can finally meet his mistress; imaginably uncomfortably. Once the two depart the train, they work their way to a car repair shopped owned by a man named George Wilson who happens to also be Myrtle's husband. It sounds like she has a lot of explaining to do.

Column

This column is about the use of legos and how it can benefit both the adults and children involved.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/15/krista-locking-into-the-magic-of-legos/5521245/
"With legos, kids build sturdy little creations - which, in turn, build sturdy kids. ?" I found this quote interesting because it used sturdy multiple times which shows its importance and how doing something sturdy can create a sturdy child. That being one with good human abilities such as imagination, 3D realization, and spatial reasoning.
 The thing I like most about her writing is the anaphora, the repetition of words. On several occasions she uses this technique to show the importance or to simply explain that it is done more than once. On incident is in paragraph 11. She uses the word "pad" twice to explain how the children up the stairs. Also another case of this is in the last paragraph where she uses the word "sturdy" twice, too. She did so to show the connection between activities and the growth in the children resulting from said activity.
1.How did you become an columnist?
2.How many people write to you for more information?
3.When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?

The Great Gatsby

         Unfortunately I have not gotten very far into this book, only about one chapter or so but I will share what i have read so far.
         Nick Carraway, a former World War 2 veteran and narrator of this story, begins talking about his family and all the lessons he learned from them when he was young. Nick is describing the story through every detail before the problem happened. This all takes place one year before-hand. He moves from the Midwest to Long Island, New York where he hopes to become a more "well-rounded man". Once he gets there he gets a job as a bond salesmen, which is someone who finds buyers for bonds (a deed by which a person is committed to make payment to another) and then sells those bonds to the buyers.
         Once arriving he also rents out a small house next to a large mansion who is owned by Gatsby. Nick has a cousin named Daisy who is married to an arrogant man, made so by generations of wealth, who lives over in East Egg. Nick himself lives in West Egg.  While he goes and visits them he meets a woman named Jordan, a friend of Daisy's. They sit around and gossip about everyday life and other boring things just as Tom receives a phone call. Daisy tells Nick that his mistress is on the phone. Apparently, Nick has no shame and no intention of covering up his affair with another woman.
        In the meantime, Tom and Daisy are trying to get Jordan and Nick to go out. So she asks questions about them and one big one she stated was inquiring as to whether Nick had an engagement back home. He firmly answered that he did not and that they were simple rumors.