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Gatsby

Chapter 1. Gatsby. Narrator. Who is the narrator? Nick Carraway Where is he from? Midwest: Minnesota Where did he move to?  East—New York—West Egg Narrator represents Fitzgerald (the author)—living in a wealthy part of town w/o being wealthy—makes him an ideal narrator. Why?

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Gatsby

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  1. Chapter 1 Gatsby

  2. Narrator • Who is the narrator? • Nick Carraway • Where is he from? • Midwest: Minnesota • Where did he move to?  • East—New York—West Egg • Narrator represents Fitzgerald (the author)—living in a wealthy part of town w/o being wealthy—makes him an ideal narrator. Why? • Cousin Daisy • An outsider reflecting on observation rather than experience • Experiences and explores an INNER CONFLICT

  3. Nick Caraway What does this tell us about Nick? • “I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought –” (Fitzgerald 1).

  4. Setting • Where in America? • Where specifically? • East Egg • Daisy/Tom’s house • West Egg • Gatsby’s house • Nick’s house • Setting adds to EXTERNAL CONFLICT • West Egg Vs. East Egg

  5. Narrative Hook • Phone call for Tom: • Who is calling? • Tom’s Mistress • Why are they calling? • Booty call? • What is noteworthy about this call? • Jordan explains to Nick • Daisy knows, but does nothing • No judgment • Introduces an EXTERNAL CONFLICT (man vs. man)

  6. The Mysterious Green Light But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone - he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness. • Green? • Light? • Function? • Who looks at it?

  7. Character development Write down one passage that develops each one of the following characters. Include the page number and a reason for why this passage is developing • Nick • Daisy • Jordan • Tom

  8. Levels of questioning a text A New Kind of Discussion

  9. There are three basic levels of questions • Level I: Recall • Level II: Analysis/Inference • Level III: Synthesis

  10. Level I: Recall • The answer is in the text; explicit, fact (fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied) • What were Cinderella's slippers made out of? • How did Cinderella get to the ball?

  11. Level II: Analysis/Inference • The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true • Implicit or what is implied; analysis, ask how and why, require analysis of the text, reading between the lines, hidden meaning. • Understood though not directly expressed • Why does Cinderella's stepmother care whether or not she goes to the ball? • Why did everything turn back the way it was except the glass slipper? • Why don't the step sisters like Cinderella?

  12. Level III: Synthesis • Go beyond the text and inquire into the value, importance and application of the information presented. • Does a woman's salvation always lie with a man? • What does it mean to live happily ever after? • Does good always overcome evil?

  13. What level? For each Discussion circle you must come up with 3 questions

  14. The questions must • Be written PRIOR to the discussion circle • Be level three questions

  15. Groups

  16. Practice • Write 2 level one questions for Porcelain and Pink • Write 2 level two questions for Porcelain and Pink • Write 2 level three questions for Porcelain and Pink

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