january 30

JOURNAL TOPIC:
On p.20, Daisy says of her daughter, “I hope she’ll be a fool— that’s the best thing s girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”  Why do you think she says this? What is your opinion of her words?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Continue reading
3. Thanks to everyone who commented yesterday, and thanks to Saul for the email— by Monday everyone should be finished reading Chapter 2

HW;
Some of the characters appear to Nick — and to us as readers — as sexist or racist. Publish a post to your blog (title: RICH PEOPLE & BACKWARD THINKING) in which you describe a couple examples of this from the book.