Reflect on anything in the class so far

Out of all the exciting and great fun we’ve had in this class, nothing has been more enthralling or defining than Marcus’s challenging statement that we are over-thinking stuff. I have read books about Ancient Greek Myths describing battles with Cyclops. I have read books that metaphorically transition a girl from real life to fantasyland through a wardrobe. I have even read a book about a kid who could say good-night to the moon while a cow jumped over it. But nothing, nothing compares to the profoundness of one statement by Marcus, ‘perhaps we are over thinking stuff’. Some will argue that’s the point of school, the point of school is to over study every possible angle. I don’t normally write in this alternate interpretation of writing instructions. I don’t normally write about things that are a non-issue (I hope I don’t come off sounding like I’m complaining - I like the way we think about things in class, it’s great). But there is something to be said for simplistic interpretation. The Great Gatsby, to me, meant something entirely different before we discussed the book. I think a great point to stress in literature is that books can mean more than what a class concludes at the end of the period. They can even mean less. I feel like this is where we are going in our discussions about “I could tell you stories”.