You’re not alone if you complained about reading The Great Gatsby this summer.
According to HuffPost, Students in 64 percent of Catholic schools, 49 percent of independent schools, and 54 percent of public schools were all required to read the novel, and that doesn’t even include all those classes in which teachers are not required to teach the novel.
Narrated by Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby tells the story of Jay Gatsby’s chase for love and status in Long Island. His struggles to join high society and finally reunite with his past love, Daisy Buchanan, inevitably end up in his demise.
The novel demonstrates how consumerism took over American culture in the 1920s and changed the ideal American dream, even to this day.
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The stuffy Senate is now a bit less formal. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate’s official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor.
We have more chair yoga classes coming up! All the benefits of chair yoga are available right here at your Pocono Mountain Public Library. Linda Penett is an experienced yoga instructor and a great teacher. Once you begin practicing chair yoga, you'll wonder why you didn't start sooner! To register, just call Joe at 570-894-8860 or email joe@poconolibrary.org. Chair Yoga is very popular, so be sure to sign up. All levels welcome. Registration is required. 15 & up.
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Chair Yoga Class: Friday, September 22nd at 2:00pm
Chair Yoga Class: Friday, October 6th at 2:00pm
Chair Yoga Class: Friday, October 20th at 2:00pm