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3-9-12 Objectives:

3-9-12 Objectives:. To begin to identify characters, themes, and symbols in “ The Great Gatsby ”. Today’s Agenda:. Journal Notes on “The Great Gatsby” begin movie. 3-9-12 Journal:.

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3-9-12 Objectives:

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  1. 3-9-12 Objectives: • To begin to identify characters, themes, and symbols in “The Great Gatsby”.

  2. Today’s Agenda: • Journal • Notes on “The Great Gatsby” • begin movie

  3. 3-9-12 Journal: • Discuss the differences between people who have had money their entire lives and those who just got it recently.

  4. Characters in The Great Gatsby: Nick Carraway Tom Buchanan Daisy Buchanan Jordan Baker George Wilson Myrtle Wilsona Catherine Klipspringer Meyer Wolfsheim

  5. Themes in The Great Gatsby: self-discovery paradox hope possessiveness Illusion versus reality

  6. Symbols: Wolfsheim’s cufflinks Gatsby’s car The green light

  7. The Innocent: • Has high hopes, romantic, idealistic, believes that through his charm he can remake the world; belief in endless invulnerable youth.

  8. The Moral Commentator: • Sees beyond the dreams of the innocent, he “knows better”; he lives in reality; the moral touchstone.

  9. The Golden Girl: • She is to the innocent the symbol of what he seeks; has youth, beauty, and an arrogant carelessness.

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