http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#cb1425a6-68ce-4f03-b667-824744a8d488 Hee!! Watch out for those bothersome flecks of lather, JM! Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:49:30 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#cb1425a6-68ce-4f03-b667-824744a8d488 Shannon 2009-06-10T23:49:30Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#5af5298d-6bdd-46a0-9d0b-d3a24f8412fc Ah, drunken gay elevator sex. Talk about queering. Now that's material for a whole new tribe. Remind me to check the mirror next time I shave. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:46:57 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#5af5298d-6bdd-46a0-9d0b-d3a24f8412fc JM 2009-06-10T23:46:57Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#a8c36c9e-f97f-42ab-bf2d-7a35d018cce6 There is one good reason for reading The Great Gatsby--there's a scene where the narrator, Nick Carraway, very possibly has drunken gay elevator sex. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:38:45 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#a8c36c9e-f97f-42ab-bf2d-7a35d018cce6 Shannon 2009-06-10T23:38:45Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#0cea3b30-f13d-4c2c-8111-59f6d32d67f4 Never really cared for that book. Sorry. I liked it when Andy Kauffman read it though... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:23:16 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#0cea3b30-f13d-4c2c-8111-59f6d32d67f4 Lokifreign 2009-06-10T22:23:16Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#5e2b7437-ed68-458e-a8ed-9965ce36fc05 That's a hard question because they're all fairly unsympathetic characters, and also self-deluded ones, which makes it hard either to identify or sympathize with either of them. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:38:31 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#5e2b7437-ed68-458e-a8ed-9965ce36fc05 Shannon 2009-06-09T15:38:31Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#f54b7a4d-59fe-4b32-82af-5737e9d8845a Which character in The Great Gatsby do you most identify with, and why? Which do you feel the most sympathy for? Is there a difference? Thu, 28 May 2009 21:27:15 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/b8900563-9511-42b7-9d13-f80af05d97fc#f54b7a4d-59fe-4b32-82af-5737e9d8845a JM 2009-05-28T21:27:15Z