Literal/Figurative Discussion 11/7/17

In today's class we talked about how tomorrow we have our second harkness discussion and we have have to read chapter two tonight and do the first part of our notes, we also went over the harkness notes again giving a better explanation to what we have to write in our notes. We analyzed how symbols and literacy tactics and commented on modernism and romanticism, and looked at each character and how much wealth they have and the perks they have for being male or female in the 1920's. I'm confident in how me and my group will fare in tomorrows harkness discussion, I'm going to finish reading the chapter and do my pre-discussion right after this post goes up. I guess learning about literal and figurative language helps us to see in texts what these languages look like and to how interpret them like the Great Gatsby, the novel we are reading. It also helps us to interpret symbols in texts and what they represent for that character, idea, or any other thing. Knowing about these languages and symbols helps use quote in textual evidence for claims in essays, assignments, and for some of our pre-discussion question and harkness discussions. This in general helps people to understand when people are being literal, such as when proving a point, or figurative like when someone is being hypothetical. So to anyone reading, read chapter two tonight, do the pre-discussion questions, and prepare for the harkness discussion we're having tomorrow on the chapter.