Once upon a time, land could not simply be taken away from you by the government and if it was, it was something to die for. Take it from Song of Solomen when Jake defended his land with his life when it was being taken away from him. This was the same mentality that was present when the colonists took away the Native American land and claimed it was theirs. This was also the same mentality that was put into work when everyone tried to put their money into investments such as land and the power that it brings. Today, however, the eminent domain seems to be flying under the radar as a big issue and it needs to be confronted. Eminent domain is in a weird spot because the declaration of independence declares people should have: life, liberty, land, as our inalienable rights. Eminent domain changes this -by letting the government take land from people and giving it to private corporations- because of the loopholes it has the ability to abuse. If I explained this to Jesus, he would act like I was describing pink elephants bathing on the moon because of how rooted this idea of owning land is in the western culture. But for some people, the rhetoric used in the constitution does not faze them because of how dedicated they are to protect the land that they own. In other words, the government does not have the right to take away land from people and give it to other corporations because the plans may never fall through.
In The Great Gatsby, Nick has a peculiar way of describing Gatsby by making his description of him somewhat ambiguous. I feel that this is foreshadowing later into the book in some ways because of how little we know about Gatsby. The ambiguous description of Gatsby through Nick's eyes was, "[he] represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." After reading this, I became more interested in Gatsby as throughout the reading, some of what Gatsby says and does is in contradiction to where he lives and what he does. After our discussion in class about him living in the West Egg, this can imply that Gatsby did not inherit his wealth from his family because the city that represents old money, East Egg, is the place that he should be tied to if that is the case. With the lie that he brought up, it can also be assumed that there are other lies that are in place to keep his character mysterious. Because of the reason the Gatsby wants to hide how he obtained his we...
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