The next text on the unit sheet is The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald which is a novel about the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby who lives in West Egg in Long Island, New York. The main character is a young man named Nick Carraway, who is very interested in learning about who Gatsby is and how he ended up in West Egg. Nick gets invited to the popular parties that Gatsby throws at his mansion often and gets to meet Gatsby in person. He learns a lot from his conversations with Gatsby and learns that he is in love with Daisy Buchanan, who is already married to Tom Buchanan, a friend of Nick. We quickly learn that Gatsby does not have many companions in West Egg, and neither does Nick. This leads to Nick and Gatsby becoming good friends and Nick helps …show more content…
Although Nayeli did not end up meeting her father, because she saw him with his new family, Nayeli and the other warriors (Yolo, Vampi, Atómiko, & Tacho) still managed to find the “magnificent seven” and bring them back to Tres Camarones. What’s unique about this story is how important these friendships are and how the warriors stuck together even after everything they went through on their very long journey to find more warriors to take home. When the reader zooms out and looks just how far the group of young friends traveled by themselves it is very hard to …show more content…
The journey was more so for Nayeli, however, the other warriors stuck by her side and went all the way with her. The strong friendship that these characters have together is what really powers the story and makes it what it is today. It shows what the ideal friendship should be like for anyone reading the novel. The group manages to make jokes and laugh as well as see the bright side in things at the worst times, which goes to show how Nayeli surrounded herself with the right people, and that their friendship is a key to