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Journal #4 July 13th 2011

Let's keep with the magic number! Today there is three things we are going to do:

1) We are going to organize your reading journals using widgets and tags (watch my projector presentation)

2) For today's journal you are going to pick one character: Daisy, Nick, Tom, Gatsby, or Nick. This is an important decision. You are most likely going to write your essay about this character (though you will have some options).

Once you have your character you are going to practice the three new jobs for today: text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world. (Text just means thing. This 'thing' can be a book, movie, song, poem...) i) **Text-to-self**: Think of and write a few sentences about how the character is like you. Also, describe how the character's personality is different from yours.

Nick is a man who is afraid of trouble. Every time he is in trouble, he runs away. It is somehow similar to me. When I am in a bad situation and have no ideas of what to do, I choose to get far away from the things which make me mad. Love questions can drive me crazy. I choose not to contact with girls when I find that I have to leave then. The difference between Nick and I is that I will not sleep on others' beds only with an underwear on which makes others consider me as a homo.

ii)**Text-to-text**: Find a website or a you-tube video about this **type** of person. Do not find a site about your character. Instead if your character is a killer, find a website about killers. Post the link and write some sentences explaining how this website connects to your character.

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Youtube video link http://youtu.be/Ulb3tZU8vsk (//Embedding disabled by request//)

The word "Gay" connects the character Nick and the videos. Nick doesn't know that he is gay or not, but he is a little gay which is similar to the characters in the second video. One character in the second video also has a girlfriend. It is the same as Nick. He is also in love with Jordan.

iii) **Text-to-world**: Can you think of a real person who is like your character. They do not have to be exactly the same but they should share one important attribute. For example, if my character were always telling jokes, I could connect them to my favorite comedian. Again find a website about this person, post the link, and explain the connection.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/_chen_shuibian/index.html The ex-president of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian which is a professional liar shows the similarity of lying. He promised a lot during the vote of president. After he was found embezzling, he tried to send his daughter and son out of Taiwan avoiding being caught. He is like Nick.

3) Lastly you will be setting up a Facebook page for your character. Please watch the projector for more information.