"New Moon/Gatsby?" Please Respond!
Based upon the New Moon/Gatsby Essay, will you please craft a short, two paragraph Summary/Response addressing both the plot of the essay and a claim about a certain idea stated within the essay. Please write formally using topic sentences, cited quotations, and other intelligent writing tactics. Please complete during class today.
posted by Greg T at Monday, May 11, 2015
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Mr. Robinson's Archetypal Criticism based on New Moon and The Great Gatsby was overall very jumbled and confusing. He had good intentions of by what he meant and decently good comparisons, but he failed to put them into words in a clear and concise way. From the beginning, the paper was jumbled and had way to many ideas just in the opener and the thesis statement. he went back and forth from debating whether or not vampires exist to pornography, and then finally to the main comparison of New Moon and The Great Gatsby. Robinson used way too many parentheses in comparing the characters. It was confusing enough to figure out what his message was yet alone comparing the 2 characters. He could have improved this paragraph by strictly comparing Bella and Gatsby, and taking a strong stance and defending it.
After reading Mr. Robinson's the "New Moon/ Gatsby Essay" I felt quite confused and lost. The plot of the essay at a first glance would seem to be if vampires exist or not, after continuing to read, it became unclear as to what the plot was. In this jumbled confusing paper I believe that the plot is to compare the similarities and differences of New Moon and The Great Gatsby. Not just the themes of the text itself, but each character and their form of life, way of living, and choices.
A claim made in this essay that intrigued me was "So in conclusion, Tom is very much like werewolf Jacob, except that Tom is only a metaphorical, archetypal way, while Jacob is literally a dog(sometimes)"- Robinson. This quote from the essay is stating his claim that he believes that they are similar characters because they are "dog like." But this part especially is written as if it was just being said in random language. Also he says in conclusion but hes not concluding his paper, just a thought.
The Essay displays the similarities and differences between characters in the great gatsby and the twilight series. she relates gatsby to edward and daisy to bella.
The essay was very confusing and hard to follow. Information was randomly thrown up on the page and I had no clue what was going on. If the essay was organized It would be way eaiser to follow and maybe could have made some better comparisons. Her statements are also not very strong because she uses words like "in a way" and "kind of" Overall the essay could be a lot better if the writer would have made stronger statements, more organization, and didn't confuse the reader so much.
The article follows "similarities" and differences between the two, but with no form of an opposition or an argument. The writing discusses things like the affluence of each of the characters, their gender and even the other characters from each of the novels. They discuss things that really hold no weight against nor for the non-existent argument. The movement of this piece shows no real context or significance and it jumps to the similarities in their relationships. It also constructs ideas about what is the most dominant facts from each.
In response to the "jibber-jabber" of this article, we learn that how we ground our information is one of the most important things. The writer shows us how the books compare and contrast, but never tells us what they believe it means, or why. The way that the quotations work also lacks in demonstrating the true meanings of the texts and the arguments. Thus, we never really see anything that shows us fault or praise in between the two stories.
The Gatsby/ New Moon essay is a satirical piece that connects two pieces of American literature and the characterization similarities. It begins with an introduction that is really scattered in the thinking aspect with no real structure. It uses quotes from both stories throughout the piece that relates multiple characters to multiple other characters.
In response I thought that the review had some parts to it that represented satirical humor but I also think that the massive amounts of abstract connections and continuous contradiction throughout made it hard to read. All in all it was a fairly good piece with good use of quotations but some times I found the sources as to generalized and some quotes to irrelevant. The final thing I thought was interesting but also through me for a loop was the conclusion relating back to a main point that I really didn't think was the thesis. I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be humorous or was that a legitimate relation back to what the author presumed was the thesis.
The essay "The Great Bella?" has a very confusing and vague plot. The story doesn't maintain its original thesis, that is also very vague. The quotes used during the essay aren't properly explained or introduced. The topics jump to and fro, never explaining each one completely. The author assumes that the reader has read and full understands both book, while a large majority of the population doesn't. Overall the story had a very dazing and bland essay.
The claim that the books "The Great Gatsby" and the book "New Moon" are directly related is outrageous. "The Great Gatsby" is an American classic while "New Moon" is a push ever of a novel. The American classic has been a timeless novel that has entertained generations, while Twilight is a short lived book that has moderately entertained a small amount of todays population. Overall, "The Great Gatsby" is superior to "New Moon" in every way, and should never have been compared as equals.
In this essay, Mr. Robinson compares the literary works of The Great Gatsby and the Twilight series. Robinson compares Bella and Jay Gatsby, stating that "Gatsby, like Bella (initially), is also not decidedly a vampire." He continues on to make comparisons on the fact that Jay Gatsby had to leave for war while Edward left Bella. He expresses that both characters "share unimaginable heartbreak due to the separation from their true love..." The author ends the essay with the claim that Fitzgerald obviously believed in vampires due to the overwhelming similarities in the two stories.
The essay was a sloppily written mess. The author payed no attention to staying on track throughout the story. He constantly made comparisons to random events. He also did not make any real claim about the works, and seemed to flip-flop throughout his essay about similarities and differences. His sources were poorly cited, and overall the writing was atrocious.
The essay 'New Moon/Gatsby' by Mr. Robinson is a comparison of the book 'New Moon' by Stephanie Meyer, and 'The Great Gatsby' by Scott Fitzgerald. The author of this essay wrote about how Bella, the main character in 'New Moon', and Gatsby, the main character in 'The Great Gatsby', are alike. With them both having lovers that leave them, and them both seeming to be clumsy. The author also shows us how the characters are both different, and how the plot of both stories are alike. The author ends the essay with not choosing a side, and ends it with a question.
Overall, this essay was in the middle, but if I had to pick a side, I would say that this essay was a fail.Overall, all the attention geters in the essay were nicely used. Also, the information in the essay is spot on. There is one main idea throughout the essay- and that is how each book is similar to each other.
Sadly, this essay is lacking a lot. The author jumps around a lot, they jump from 'New Moon' to 'Gatsby' within one sentence without any transitions. The author did not pick a side (like the prompt asked them to) so it was lacking decision making. Also, the author doesn't stay on topic often, and is usually showing us something that we've already seen before.
Though this essay is clearly lacking some major positive writing tactics, it still has some well written aspects. Though, the negatives do outweigh the positives in this case. Altogether, this essay could of been improved, greatly.
Although this article is very satirical in nature it does bring up some very interesting comparisons between the two stories. The plot of this article is quite figuratively every where. And im not quite sure what the point of the article is. But nether the less is does bring up some similarities between the two stories.
Is kinda funny that these stories have a very similar plot to each other. Well not so much the plot but the characters in them having similar actions throughout the stories. Considering they are two completely different stories they have a retaliative similarity between how characters act. An example of this is How Bella and Edward are attracted to each-other, This attraction is very similar to Gatsby and Daisy. I just find very funny that you could ever compare these two stories to each other.
In the "Gatsby/New Moon" essay, the writer addresses the similarities between to great american works of "New Moon", and "The Great Gastby."
The writer compares the characters of both novels in how they are similar. The author shows in the essay that Bella and Edwards relationship, is similar to Daisy and Gatsbys' relationship. In the final body paragraph, the author shows how the other characters in the novel relate to each other in mnay ways, and that the storyline/ plot of each novel is nearly identical.
I think that the author was a little crazy for writing this essay. In the opening paragraph his thesis doesn't relate at all to the rest of the text. He also talks about pornography in the intro but does not use any films or works to support this kind of point in the rest of the essay. In addition the reader must have reads both works in order to fully understand the comparisons made throughout the essay. To conclude the author was a bit crazy in the sense of his obscure references made.
After reading the New Moon/Gatsby essay, I have seen how the two writing are similar and different. Gatsby feels inferior to Daisy in chapter 8 just like Edward and Bella. Another similarity that Mr. Rohinson mentions in the essay, is that both Bella and Gatsby go by a nickname. In the essay, Mr. Robinson also talks about a few differences from the two stories. Edward is a vampire while Gatsby is not.
Throughout the essay, Mr. Robinson pointed out some very obvious similarities and differences. Even though the topics were very blatant, the essay was very enjoyable to read. Mr. Robinson purposely added satirical elements to make it fun to read and not to serious.
In the essay, "How The Great Gatsby Is Like New Moon:", Mr. Robinson addresses the similarities between The Great Gatsby and the book New moon from the Twilight series. The essay mostly addresses how similar the characters are in the books. Mr. Robinson compares Bella and Jay Gatsby who are both protagonists in the novels by saying how they are both, "inferior" to their love interests. Robinson also talks about how they both suffer unbearable heartbreak.
Throughout the rest of the essay, Mr. Robinson compares the differences between the characters. Robinson states that the differences are their gender, class, and how Gatsby is not really his name
The essay was about how Mr. Robinson was trying to connect the book New Moon with The Great Gatsby. He gives different examples of how each of the characters in New Moon relate to the characters in Gatsby. Throughout his essay, he shows how the characters each go through similar senarios regarding love and relationships. Mr. Robinson goes on to say that New Moon was too similar to The Great Gatsby to be accidental.
I think Mr. Robinson brings up some good points about why he believes the two books are too similar to be a coincidence. However his ideas were a little bit extreme and far fetched. He didn't do a great job of organizing his ideas because he would move on to the next point very quickly.
The essay, The Great Bella?, is a jumble of half-thought out arguments and a mess of quotations and parenthesis. Essentially, the satirical author attempts to convince the reader that there is a fundamental archetype (ad nauseam) that exists between The Great Gatsby and the second novel of the Twilight saga, New Moon. He goes on to say that the protagonists are "both very similar to one another," and then backs it up with a bunch of references to both books. Then, the author talks about the difference between the characters, before finishing up with a juxtaposition between the plots of the books and the supporting characters, making references to Tom and Jacob being "Jungian Archetypes."
This essay was a hilarious failure. Its viscosity was hindered by an abhorrent amount of parenthesis and personal connections, oft thrown out in the middle of a thought. The second "supportive" paragraph wasn't even supportive; in fact, it actually made good arguments against what the author was trying to present. The author seemed to jump around what his thesis even was, and I didn't feel like the author had accomplished anything by the end of the essay but stretch the interpretation of two pieces of literature to fit his needs. I realize this is a satirical essay, but if this was legitimate I would be extremely concerned about the well-being of the author, considering he is said to be in an honors English class.
The “Great Bella” essay analyzes the differences and similarities between the “New Moon” and the “Great Gatsby.” The author describes events in both books and how they abstractly compare to one another. The comparisons are logical, but yet they are not very well thought out or composed. For example the author says “When Gatsby Leaves for the war is the same as when Edward leaves Bella in the beginning (first 300 pages) of New Moon in kind of a different way.” (Mr. Robinson) This comparison is in fact correct, but it lacks a quality example or reasoning to it.
The essay also is very confusing due to its nature to compare a multitude of different characters at once. For example in the second to last paragraph the author goes on to compare two couples from both pieces of literature. It is very confusing and does not serve as a good tool to close the essay. The essay has intriguing ideas, yet the execution of these ideas is not done very well. From this essay we can learn to make sure that our ideas in our essays are conveyed in ways that make sense to the reader
In the comparative essay, "How the Great Gatsby is Like New Moon, Mr. Robinson compares how the characters in The Great Gatsby to characters in The Twilight movie. Mr. Robinson links Gatsby to Bella and Edward to Daisy.
I enjoyed how the essay used Humor and a popular movie in order to grab the attention of the audience. The author used too many characters when he was comparing because I got lost halfway through the story. But the Author did have a good message and delivery method. An example of his humor was when he said, "Speaking of pornography, I know it when I see it." (Quote Daddy)
In the Gatsby/New Moon essay written by Mr. Robinson, characters from both texts are compared and contrasted to each other as well as themes in each book. He begins by comparing Bella from New Moon and Gatsby from The Great Gatsby using arbitrary details such as Edward’s attractiveness and Daisy’s niceness, when he isn’t talking of those characters. Next, he continues to use things like gender to set characters apart, now contrasting them and comparing a fight between a few New Moon characters to WWI. Then, towards the end of the essay, there are nine or more characters, some from each text, being compared and contrasted at the same time in the span of a few sentences.
After reading this essay I have a few comments about how this essay was written. Firstly, I would say that there are a few ideas that are pretty concrete, but the evidence supporting them is very arbitrary. Many of the details used to compare these characters and themes so not matter or are already obvious. Secondly, the last paragraph is very confusing and makes the reader not even want to try to decipher what is going on and that is a great way to lose credibility as well as your reader’s attention.
Mr. Robinson's “The Great Bella,” attempts to summarize both the similarities and the differences between F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight: New Moon.” The authors main point is to sway the reader to believe that Jay Gatsby and Bella are very similar characters in very similar situations. The author then continues by showing ways the the two books are similar by comparing things like a vampire fight and WWI. The author also points out differences like the difference between Gatsby’s car and Bella’s car.
The essay is absurd. Although there are a few very insignificant similarities between the two stories. The two are very very different. “The Great Gatsby” is a brilliant work of art flooded with metaphor and deeper meanings while New Moon is a shallow, fake book written for teenage girls. The essay doesn't even take a stance on whether there are more differences or similarities. Clearly there are many more differences. And the few similarities are insignificant.
The books New Moon and The Great Gatsby have many similarities and differences to each other displaying much of the same patterns and ideas. In the essay they show how the main characters are focused around the idea of love. He mentioned that Edward seemed to be to good for Bella because he was immortal, gorgeous and sparkly while Gatsby felt inferior to Daisy because she was a "nice" girl.
All the characters were very different but on the other hand had some distinct things that were the same when you looked closely.
The implications I got from reading this paper was that he used to many characters to explain his ideas and bounced back and forth between each paragraph. He talked about Bella and Jay Gatsby then compared George and Tom Myrtle to James and his wife Victoria. He showed how the vampires were the same as George and Myrtle Wilson because they both end up dead after the opposing character tries to get revenge. Looking at this essay I saw many great comparisons but also ones that were just implied.
According to Mr. Robinson’s essay, “The Great Bella,” two works of American greatness, The Great Gatsby and New Moon have an uncommonly amount of similarities (and differences). Although his argument is a little unclear, his archetypal criticism is very clear and a bit humorous. In his conclusion, He directly relates the storyline of the two books, and it actually does make sense.
I personally found this essay quite enjoyable to read, due to the intentional humor and quirky writing style. The essay was very well crafted, and very well thought through. All of the comparisons (and differences) are logically supported, and begin to make me wonder if Fitzgerald was a vampire aficionado as well.
Reading Mr. Robinson's essay connecting "New Moon" and "The Great Gatsby" was a very interesting experience. Throughout the essay I found myself lost and wondering what he was trying to say. His connections between Bella and Gatsby were fairly insightful, but the delivery was poor. He started out saying that the essay was going to be about the debate on whether vampires exist or not. Early on into the essay, he completely ditched that topic, and didn't bring it up again until the very end.
This was a very poor written essay. It was choppy and never made it clear if the essay was focused on similarities or differences. I was confused throughout the essay and was quite lost. It made some connections between the two works, but most of them were not worth writing about.
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