Poetry says what others cannot

The Halo That Would Not Light, written by Lucie Brock-Broido is an exceptionally phenomenal poem.  The poem highlights the wonder and fear of growing up.  There are so many people in the world and everyone lives completely different lives. However, they all experience a childhood.  Be it a terrible experience or an amazing one, everyone experiences their own. This poem really spoke to me because childhood really is reflected on quite frequently and is missed once it is gone. I know that I miss being young. When I think back on my childhood, it just feels like a reel of many memories. Some of the memories good, and others not so good, but either way I miss it.

"As certain and indivisble as
Red scarves silking endlessly
From a magician's hollow hat
and the spectacular catastrophe
of your endless childhood
is done."

This is my favorite part of the poem because it expresses the longing and sadness that catches up to you and chokes the excitement to grow up right out of you.

Saying goodbye to your childhood may be a part of life, but it's not always easy.

The Great Gatsby

I actually found The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to be a pretty good book.  At first, it was pretty boring and a little confusing for me, but I really started to enjoy it after the majority of the characters had been introduced. It's not that I thought that it was incredibly written, I more liked the whole plot line because it was so drama filled and soap opera like. It was pretty clever how Fitzgerald slowly unfolded pieces of the puzzle as the book went on. For instance how at first all that was known was that Jay Gatsby liked to throw extravagant parties, but as it turned out he didn't even like parties; He was just hoping that one day Daisy Buchanan would show up at one of his parties. Though Fitzgerald filled in some of the pieces and blanks, he also kept somethings unknown, leaving them a mystery. Perfect.

This book almost makes me wish that I lived during 1920's. Wouldn't it be great to go to these seemingly amazing parties whenever you wanted? Or to just be able to run over anyone with a car and completely escape any punishment? It would be something. The cool thing about The Great Gatsby is that you got to see life in the 1920's from basically every perspective possible. Fitzgerald painted a vivid picture of life as a rich bootlegger (Jay Gatsby), a man of "old money" (Tom Buchanan), a pathetic "old money" house wife (Daisy Buchanan), an average man (Nick Carraway), a poor couple (The Wilsons), and an independent, self made woman (Jordan Baker). Beause Fitzgerald has such a wide variety in his characters, it is really cool to see the diversity in personalities and ways of life.

The Great Gatsby was a nice glimpse at what life was like back in the 1920's with plenty of funny and serious twists, but not lacking it's fair share of predictability. Then again, what good drama doesn't?