Gatsby Soundtrack

"Ain't Misbehavin" by Fats Waller- I think this song would suit the book because it's talking about someone waiting for a woman to come so they can fall in love forever. The song could be about Gatsby waiting for Daisy. He would do anything and wait forever just to be with her.

"Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin- This song's meaning is about being happy. At first, the song talks about being gloomy with cloudy skies, then good luck came and the person became very happy. This relates to Gatsby because he got a lot of "good luck" by bootlegging and earned enough money to obtain a rich house to impress Daisy. He also did win Daisy over for a period of time, but it didn't last too long. Gatsby had "blue skies" for some time in the book.

"Ain't We Got Fun?" by Richard A. Whiting- This song is talking about being careless and only having fun. In the story, Gatsby had many parties that went late into the night. He didn't really care about anything else while they were going on, except Daisy of course. All he wanted was to have fun.

Three Little Birds in a Row

Three little birds in a row
Sat musing.
A man passed near that place.
Then did the little birds nudge each other.

They said, "He thinks he can sing."
They threw back their heads to laugh.
With quaint countenances
They regarded him.
They were very curious,
Those three little birds in a row.

     I like this poem because it's about how the three birds saw a man and started laughing at him because they thought he couldn't sing. It relates to my life because it's saying that we shouldn't judge people just by our first impression. Some people may seem different, but once we get to know them, we learn that they're actually not what we thought. I know I'm not supposed to be judgemental and criticize people, but I do sometimes. It's like the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover." Everyone does it even though we all know it's wrong. It's not good because it can be very hurtful to people.

Mark Twain's Wit

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
     -Mark Twain      I like this quote because it is saying that we have to learn our mistakes by experience. We have to experience being wrong and sometimes we can't learn it's wrong until we find out for ourselves. People will tell us it's bad or not the right thing, but how do we know for sure? I think this quote pertains a lot to little kids. Their parents will tell them not do something, but they won't listen until they try it. For example, a mother might tell her child not to touch the hot stove, but the kid won't believe her until he touches it himself and finds out she was right. Sometimes people need to experience mistakes so they can learn not to do it again.