Julia's Justifications

When we viewed “Black Jeopardy” from SNL, it occurred to me that I have seen almost all of them before.   It didn’t come to me at the time that those sketches were satire.   I mean, I didn’t even know what satire even was back then.   I thought maybe it’s more about the divisions between the two communities and the stereotypes than the humor itself. I decided to watch a different sketch of “Black Jeopardy,” because I was curious about the differences in a video that did not have all black contestants on the show.   I clicked on the one with Tom Hanks, who was wearing a “make America great again” hat and a bald eagle shirt, who was named Doug.   When I first watched it, I wondered how the atmosphere would end up being on account of Trump, and the fact that SNL would hate to miss an opportunity to make fun of him.   However, when Doug answered some questions correctly, the host was pleasantly surprised.   When the question comes up of a fingerpri...

While I was reading “Will the real Nick Carraway please come out?” (which I found funny since it sounded exactly like Eminem’s “Slim Shady”) I found quite interesting how the writer included details that I didn’t even notice could be evidence of Nick being homosexual, and other characters being in that community.   For example, the two girls that “looked alike, talked alike, and dressed alike” were lesbians.   When I first read that passage, I didn’t even think that that was the case.   Nick’s way of characterizing and describing certain males in the novel is what makes it ambiguous.   At the in Tom and Myrtle’s apartment, when Nick and McKee meet, it’s clear he may be gay. They were in bed together, so it’s possible something sexual had occurred.   He referred to McKee as “a pale, feminine man” and “shrill, languid, handsome, and horrible”.   He characterizes McKee in a feminine sense, and his wife in a more masculine sense, which he does with females th...

In chapter 4, we see even with all of Gatsby’s wealth, he is depressed, and didn’t really have much of a will to live after his family died.   “He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor” (Fitzgerald 78).   Gatsby’s life is so empty that he uses his wealth and mansion to feel somewhat satisfied. When we look at celebrities and those with wealth, we wholeheartedly believe that their lives are perfect.   It doesn’t occur to us at all that they could be depressed or be struggling with anxiety.   The saying “money isn’t everything” comes to mind.   Even though one may seem that they have everything to make them happy, we don’t realize that perhaps wealth could be the reason that is hindering their happiness.   Gatsby’s wealth did not fix him, but Daisy did—he found some will to live in her.   Considering celebrities and mental illness, I believe we should try to remove that stigma that they are not people and e...

Everything we ever did was for him.   While we were robbed of our girlhoods, everything was gifted to him on a silver platter.   Our lives revolved around him, constantly.   When he was tired, we made his bed.   When he was hungry, we cooked for him.   When he was bored, we entertained him.   And what do we get in return for our constant beck and call? Nothing.   We get nothing.   She is the most educated out of all of us, but she cannot work because of him.   We make fake flowers for a living.   She obtained a job as a maid in order to escape from them.   She met a man and secretly held a relationship with him, but it was all destroyed because of him.   It was the only thing that allowed her to escape but men like him destroyed her freedom.   We kept it locked inside for too long, and now we revolt.   He barely remembered that day; the most important one.   The day I found the twig with the maple leaf...