The Human Stain Initial Reaction

At first, I was really drawn into the reading of the book because the author got my attention by starting out talking about Coleman's affair with the cleaning lady.  As the first bit of the book went on, my attention span went in and out.  I thought the part when the narrator talked about how Coleman changed the school he worked at (Athena College) was interesting. The racism part took me back a little bit and surprised me because Coleman had never even met the kids before so he was not aware that they were black.  I'm not sure how i feel about the style of reading.  I found that the sentenced were long and the authors ideas were dragged out too much.  But so far, I am interested in reading more and learning about Coleman;s story and what happens.

Chapter 2 in The Great Gatsby

How do you feel about the characters that you have met in The Great Gatsby so far?  Do any of the characters remind you of anybody that you know? How have the female characters been portrayed so far?

I like of the characters as characters, but as a person I am not fond of Tom. Tom thinks the world revolves around him and he thinks he can get away with anything he wants. Also, he is disloyal to Daisy by having a mistress, even though she is aware of it. Daisy reminds me of my friend Chloe because they both act like they are the queen of everything and they think that people must go by their rules. It is their way or no way. Woman play an important role in the story. The woman are either powerful or objectified. Daisy is portrayed as the queen of every situation she has been in, Jordan has been portrayed as Daisy's "servant," she goes along with what ever Daisy says, and Toms mistress Myrtle is portrayed as a an object for Tom.