denotation and connotation Blog 8

     The word overweight often has a negative connotation that can hurt someones feelings. The word is looked down upon with the generalizations of someone eating too much or having laziness. Being labeled as overweight is a major controversy in todays society because it implies that you are not normal or good enough. However if someone judges himself as healthy and fine, but another labels overweight will you conclude he is skinny or fat? With a world that has many different shapes, sizes, and color of people there is no ideal standard of a human being and therefore the idea of overweight is incorrectly used.

     The word overweight emphasizes the generalization of being lazy or eating too much. From my personal observations, the word overweight is almost always incorrectly used. When my brother was playing wii fit, the game said he was overweight at 160 pounds. When the video game said that I was confused because my brother does not look flabby at all. It is strange how the game labeled him overweight, but in reality he is healthy and fit. Even if the game takes account of height my brother is 5'10 and was concluded to be healthy by a doctor. The game used the word overweight incorrectly because it labeled my brother over the normal weight thus concluding he is lazy or eats too much, which is not the case.

     The negative connotation of overweight only has meaning to those who talk about or label others as overweight.The meaning of overweight, in reality, does not exist to those who chose not to sulk about their weight while giving in to others ideas. The discouraging word overweight has meaning only to those who choose to accept its meaning.

The Great Gatsby Blog 7

One of the books I read over the summer was The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald revolved around the main symbolic idea of deception in a society. I believe the author is arguing about the general effects of deception  among people because he uses his characters to show an overview of a typical corrupt society. Gatsby is desperate for his true love, while his true love seeks attention and security. In coalescence, this creates a web of lies that conclude the death of Gatsby. Fitzgerald argues to convince his readers that the deceit of others will return misfortune.