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The Great Gatsby Chapter Four Rysa, Hannah, Dan, Deanna

The Great Gatsby Chapter Four Rysa, Hannah, Dan, Deanna. We Already Know…. Mr. Gatsby is a mysterious man, all we know about him is that he is rich, and throws fancy parties. Nick Carraway is a middle class man, who lives next to Gatsby, is a good listener/observer, and reserves judgment.

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The Great Gatsby Chapter Four Rysa, Hannah, Dan, Deanna

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  1. The Great Gatsby Chapter Four Rysa, Hannah, Dan, Deanna

  2. We Already Know…. • Mr. Gatsby is a mysterious man, all we know about him is that he is rich, and throws fancy parties. • Nick Carraway is a middle class man, who lives next to Gatsby, is a good listener/observer, and reserves judgment. • Daisy Fay/Buchanan we know is a materialistic woman who is living her dream by being married to a rich man, and is Nick’s cousin.

  3. Characters • Jay Gatsby-we learn of his lavish lifestyle, and deeper into the past that he hides underneath his American Dream. • Daisy Fay/Buchanan-we learn of her past with Gatsby, and her love for money over true love • Nick Carraway-we already know that Nick is more of an innocent bystander, but we are learning that he can be a judgmental person that he never thought to be.

  4. Jay Gatsby • We learn that he is a “bootlegger”, which leaves suspicion in Nick, also giving him an open window to start judging Gatsby. We also learn that Gatsby had a past which haunts him, which he does not want to remember. • Gatsby has achieved his “American Dream”, to achieve even a bigger dream, which is Daisy. • Diction/Syntax- educated, wealthy, cream, fine, luxuriated.

  5. Nick Carraway • Nick is more of an innocent bystander in this chapter, although we do get some feedback of what he thinks of Gatsby. • This is the fist chapter that Nick has a judgment about someone before he gets to know them, based off what he hears.

  6. Daisy Buchanan • We learn that her and Gatsby did have a fling five years ago. • We also learn that her American Dream of marrying a rich man is actually her American Nightmare. • "Take'em down stairs and give'em back to whoever they belong to whoever they belong to. Tell'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say: Daisy's change' her mine!"

  7. Motif • page 66 • "The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of the turbaned character leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursed a tiger through the Bios de Boulonge." • The color “white”- motif for the American dream

  8. Symbolism/Imagery • the letter from Gatsby to Daisy in the bath water comes apart to "pieces like snow"

  9. Evidence of American Dream and American Nightmare

  10. American Dream • Colors associated- cream, silver, white, yellow • Gatsby lived like a “young rajah” in glamorous cities around the world. • Oxford and Queensbourgh

  11. American Nightmare • In war Gatsby wanted to die but was hanging on to obtain his “enchanted life” • The day daisy moved on to Tom, Gatsby nightmare started • Nick temporary nightmare was he didn’t feel like he had a place in this upscale life style. • Mr. Wilson lives the American nightmare. (valley of ashes) • Daisy the night before the wedding.

  12. Overall • Chapter Four opens up Gatsby to the reader, and even shows a different side of Nick. However, as we learn more about Jay Gatsby, more questions arise.

  13. Vocab • Fluctuate(62)-to change continually; shift back and forthDisconcerting(64)-to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrangeGirders(68)-a principal beam of wood, steel, etc., supporting the ends of joistsOlfactory(68)-of or pertaining to the sense of smellSomnambulatory(69)-to walk during sleep; sleepwalkAnteroom(69)-a waiting roomJuxtaposition(71)-the state of being close together or side by sideSucculent(71)-rich in desirable qualitiesDenizen(73)-a person who regularly frequents a placeAmmonia(76)-a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gasesJauntily(79)-easy and sprightly in manner or bearingFaçade(80)-the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one

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