... and all that jazz

...and all that Jazz

Summer long island 
Booze and babes
 Adoring fans
Of Gatsby

Parties, not the person
 You’re a wonderful man…
No, that’s not right. 
A Great man

Thanks for your hospitality... fabulous party
 no really, quite smashing 

Gatsby… great in his charisma 
His smile, made them feel
irresistible prejudice
They felt understood
 Felt important
 Needed. Loved. 
But more importantly… needed alcohol
Mint juleps
 Rum
 And cocktails 
Prohibition?
 What Prohibition?

 Bourbon helped them speak easy 
To be… more fluent in gossip 
At the Gatsby Party 
Meeting of the League of the Social Elite 
West Egg high class society 
Like a pretty daisy growing out of an ash heap 

Rich partiers in unlimited hells 
Money pouring out pockets
 Oh and look at 
Their smiles
Their champagne glasses
 Their flapper dresses, head bands and feathers
 Flasks at the hip
 Their zoot suits and fedoras 
Pulling up in their model Ts
 Speeding away in their cream colored cars
 Hitting little ladies
These things happen… we’re sorry

 Reckless spirit of the jazz age

 Don’t worry, I’ll be alright
S’long as I don’t meet anyone
As reckless as me

 Nick knew this reckless spirit
All too well 
Saw how it drove a man to murder Gatsby

A genuine friend

And he idolized this Gatsby
 Dressed you up as a hero 

Are you a hero? 
Or the image of one.
A platonic self-conception
To Nick’s naïve recollection 
Or childhood fantasy

I thought I heard the Twenties Roar
But really this party’s… a drag, a bore

Gatsby: what is the nature of your greatness…?

Ah, who cares?
We just want to dance
 Get wasted
 Waste away…
….
….
moral decay...
....
....
…and all the jazz.

By: Anthony Privitera

In the poem of "... and all that jazz" basically explains describes what West, and East egg are like. Plenty of alcohol, an abundant amount of money, and much talk about one another. In one of lines, which is my favorite "  What Prohibition?

 Bourbon helped them speak easy 
To be… more fluent in gossip 
At the Gatsby Party 
Meeting". This is basically what everybody did throughout the course of the book. There probably isn't one page that doesn't mention alcohol, or things about one another. I just like how this poet put in the Climax parts of this eye raising book, which I enjoyed about it.

What If?

1. What if your mom died, and how would've you reacted?
2. What if you didn't have your leader Katczinsky you teach the ropes of war?
3. What if your mom didn't have cancer?  
4. What if none of your friends died during the war?
5. What if you didn't enroll in the war? Paul probably would've still been in school learning 
6. What if Joseph Behm didn't go to the war, and how would've react. 
7. What if you told Kemmicrk's mom the truth about how her son died. 
8. What if you didn't have to die on a quiet day. 
9. What if you died a long slow painful death. 
10. What if you decided to flee from the war? 

Feelings Towards Your Comrades

Throughout chapters 10-12 heroism shows up from Paul in situations that involve most of his friends dying. A notable death during the book was Katczinsky, one of Paul's dearest friends and leaders. While Katczinsky was scavenging for food, he then suddenly falls to the ground. Paul then fixes his wound, and senses that his shin is busted. Paul tries to find a stretcher for Katczinky, but there isn't on to be found. He Decides to carry him on his shoulders. Though while carrying him, Katczinsky may have died on the way. It describes that " Twice we rest. He suffers acutely on the way. We do not speak much."This shows us that Katczinsky is hanging on by a thread. Paul then finally gets him to a dressing station, and reluctanly has Katzinsky saved. Though Kat suffers a splinter to the head and dies. What this shows is that is dramatic irony that Katczinsky has carried and showed the boys everything that they know about what to do in a war. Though towards the end, Paul has carried Katczinsky like Katczinsky has carried them throughout the entire war. This to shows how Paul's feelings are towards his friends that he has made during the war.

Paul and his Encounters

On the way home, Paul is faced with situations that upset him in many ways. Such as his parents, former school teacher, and the Major from the army. The one encountering to me, that shows the most irony is the conversation between him and Kantorek in the bar. Kantorek ask him questions about the war and thinks he knows what has been going on, even though he really doesn't. He really just tells how to win the war and just go straight up, an attack the  French. Considering that it is impossible to do that, this upsets Paul. With all the bombing, deaths, and misery that has been occurring in the war. This then causes Paul to insult Kantorek and leave the bar. 

The War in the Air

The War in the AirBy Howard Nemerov

For a saving grace, we didn't see our dead,

Who rarely bothered coming home to die

But simply stayed away out there

In the clean war, the war in the air.

Seldom the ghosts come back bearing their tales

Of hitting the earth, the incompressible sea,

But stayed up there in the relative wind,

Shades fading in the mind,

Who had no graves but only epitaphs

Where never so many spoke for never so few:

Per ardua, said the partisans of Mars,

Per aspera, to the stars.

That was the good war, the war we won

As if there was no death, for goodness's sake.

With the help of the losers we left out there

In the air, in the empty air. 

The poem describes about how the war is spread through the air. I like in the last passage how he says " That was the good war, the war we won as if there was no death, for goodness sake". I also liked in the first passage, the one line were " For a saving grace, we didn't see our dead, Who rarely bothered coming home to die." My favorite part was they rarely bothered coming home to die, because so many died during the war, and many few were able to come home. 

1. For a saving grace, we didn't see our dead, - Nobody knew when they were going to die, but so many died 

    Who rarely bothered coming home to die     that few were able to have their death at their home.

2 That was the good war, the war we won   -      A war is a good war if only you win and if nobody dies while

As if there was no death, for goodness's sake.   in the war. 

3. Seldom the ghosts come back bearing their tales -    What I think the incompressible sea is a bunch of

Of hitting the earth, the incompressible sea,                soldiers being bombed on the earth

 

A. This poster wants the audience to think about the soldiers to fighting for them. It shows injured soldiers, and ones celebrating on the beach having a good time. They want people to think that you need to stand for your country and take pride in it so you can join the army. Cause you can be either celebrating, or limping from injury trying to take cover. 

B. In the poster is shows on the left a soldier limping from injury, aided by his comrades. Though on the right you have soldiers celebrating in victory. I think that it shows there needs to be more soldiers cause of injury. You see the soldiers being carried on top of other soldiers, and others sitting in a circle around two celebrating ones. 

1. This poster signifies that the more soldiers that join, that the quicker the war will end. So they're really trying to encourage people to join and have this war, won and done. 

2. What this pushes psychologically is the ball that says victory. If there are more people to push the ball to the other side that the Germans will get crushed and the war will be won. So really the ball can mess with someones mind by having them think if I join I can end this war.   

World War 1

 

In this picture shows a soldier walking through the trenches in nasty environment. This picture shows everything about World War I in one photograph. These soldiers didn't know what they were going to get into by joining the war, or they would receive a yellow flower. The yellow flower shows your a coward by not fighting for your country, but the dangers of having to be in terrible conditions. Such as muddy waist high trenches, rain, and sleet in the trenches also. It shows that they needed posters to draw in soldiers and make look as if it was a good choice. Though even it was probably not such a good  idea.    Though my take on " All Quiet on the Western Front" is about friends who are in WWI and they go through tough times, then one of them dies. Seems kind of typical considering the situation that they're in. Also through a soldiers eyes before the war is that " I don't want to chicken out and this will be a good opportunity to fight for my country". Basically thats all their probably thinking at the moment.