Sunday In The Park By: Bel Kaufman

     "Sunday In The Park" takes place in the park on a late afternoon. The woman, her husband Morton, and her son Larry were enjoying their time at the park, until a chubby boy named Joe threw sand at Larry. At first Larry's mother didn't say anything to Joe, hoping that Larry would learn how to take care of his own battles; and thinking that Joe wouldn't do it again. But Joe didn't stop but continued throwing sand at Larry, so Larry's mother told Joe not to do that again. Joe's father siting on the other side of the bench reading a comic book, encouraged his son to do what he wanted. Morton, Larry's father wanted to discuss about the problem that Joe was creating and how dangerous it could be. But Joe's father would not listen nor let Larry's father talk about the situation; as a matter a fact Joe's father wanted to have a physical fight than discussing it. Morton and his wife decided to leave the park before the problem get worst. On their way home, Larry's mother was upset at Larry for not standing up for himself, and also was mad at her husband because he wanted to discipline Larry by attempting to hit him because he won't stop crying, and still wanted to play at the park.

Composition # 1

The novel, "The Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first introduced to me by my English teacher in high school. My English class was assigned to read "The Great Gatsby" to learn about the American dream. This novel is a fictional tragic love story, it also tells us about the American culture in the Jazz Age.

 "The Great Gatsby" is a very interesting novel because it show’s the American society in the time of the Jazz Age were the American culture begin to change its way of life. People wanted a happy life by getting educated and being wealthy. Gatsby the main character had wealth and fame but at the ended he faces a tragedy for the woman he had loved. Gatsby has been in love with the same woman Daisy for many years, and even tried to get her back. All the characters in the novel had their own ways to show their wealth and status. The Jazz age was a really important period in American history, because women changed fashion in a new and different way, many women were able to work like man, industrialization and technology have advanced, people were able to travel faster then before, and even music had changed from classical to jazz and hip hop. In the Jazz Age there was a lot of competition among Americans because they all wanted to live a better life, just like the characters in the novel they all wanted to achieve their dreams. Gatsby was honest about his life and he knew what he wanted to in life, but the people he trust or knew were dishonest to him.
              By reading this novel I realized that no matter how rich we are, it cannot buy us love, which Gatsby tried. I felt sympathy towards Gatsby because he was a lonely character. All his life he wanted to achieve his dreams of being wealthy and wanting to be with Daisy. When I think about The Great Gatsby I think about myself because I also have dreams and goals that I want to fulfill in life, just like Gatsby tried to fulfill his dreams.

Reunion by: John Cheever

         The story Reunion by John Cheever is about a boy named Charlie, who saw his father for the last time in New York. On his way to Adirondacks, Charlie decides to stop at New York to have lunch with his father while he waits for his train. Charlie was really excited to meet his father after three years. Charlie judged his father well by his  physical appearance. Charlie and his father were not able to finish their meals because of his father's rude behavior with the waiter. Even at their fourth restaurant "Buon giorno" his father disrespected the waiter. Charlies father was sorry because they were not able to eat their lunch. When Charlie had to leave, his father offered to buy a newspaper for Charlie to read on the train. The clerk at the newsstand did not sell his newspaper because his father was disrespectful to him. So Charlie left by saying good bye and that was his last time he saw his father at New York.