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My Initial Reactions

After watching the documentary of Inside job and reading the Great Gatsby, I became more aware of things that were hidden from me. It felt like a walk-up call. During this economic crisis, I am well aware of the many tried and fail proposals from the government and few causes of this crisis, but after these recent assignments I was even more critical about what's really going on behind the scenes or behind the government and the connection between the Great Depression and the economic downfall right now also because of the fact that my family is also a victim of this global crisis. The Inside job documentary first of all inspired me to research deeper into the economic history in order to find the actual source, but it also did make me question the reliability of the documentary itself being so opinionated and strictly straight forward. The Great Gatsby was honestly not on of my favorite reads, but it did give me the idea about the American dream. Coming out from a struggling author even made me wonder if the book did actually depict the true American history. Overall, both of these works came from strong convictions, but similarly they both made me question what is the truth behind all of these lies and opinions? What is happening?

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I found that the biggest sacrifice in the Great Gatsby was justice. I was surprised how many of characters gave up their moral beliefs and goodness in order to gain things that were morally corrupt such as murder, anger, and lust. So many of the characters cheated against each other all in all to fill their selfish desires by having intimate relationships with other women or men. It was the fact that so many of the characters crossed boundaries of justice that was truly profound in the story. Especially, Nick who came from the west was so easily influenced with the hot scandals in the high-class society and broke his beliefs and rules he earned from the west to gain the secret relationship with Jordan.