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Gatsby

Chapter 1. Gatsby. 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. Gatsby: Daisy: Jordan: Tom:. Narrator. Who is the narrator? Nick Carraway Where is he from?

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Gatsby

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  1. Chapter 1 Gatsby

  2. 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 • Gatsby: • Daisy: • Jordan: • Tom:

  3. 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

  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. Setting • Valley of Ashes (chapter 2) • Between the “EGGS” and Manhattan • TJ Eckleburg • Eye doctor billboard • Who lives here? • Myrtle and George • Manhattan (chapter 2) • Who lives here? • Jordan’s Aunt • Myrtle and Tom’s Apartment

  7. Green light @ the end of Buchanan Dock • Green? • Light? • Function? • Who looks at it?

  8. Theme • Changing Morality • Achieving the American Dream: • Tom and Daisy • Nick and Jordan • Myrtle and George • Gatsby

  9. Setting • Gatsby’s house • Parties; lavish; garish; ostentatious • Everyone is invited; No one knows anybody • What goes on at these parties? • Drinking • Goofing off • Irresponsibility • New York is a world of “sugar lumps” and white beauty—much like Daisy who dresses in white and seems so sweet—the city lacks real substance. It is a city of wild promise.

  10. Old Money vs. New Money Tom’s party Gatsby’s party Lavish Drinking Irresponsibility • Intimate • Drinking • Violence • Entitlement

  11. 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 • Myrtle • George

  12. Rumors & Gossip • MOTIF: rumors & gossip • Who loves to gossip? • Jordan Baker • Whose mysterious life is surrounded by gossip? • Gatsby—money? • He killed a man once • He was a German spy during the war • he’s a bootlegger • nephew of Von Hindenburg • Jordan—profession? • Cheating in golf

  13. Gatsby’s Guests • Nick’s List: • Why keep it? • Names on it: Belcher, Smirks, Haag • Vulgar sounding • Fitzgerald’s POV: Pointlessness and violence of “these people” • Doctor Civet drowned, Ripley Snell went to prison, Earl Muldoon’s brother strangled his wife, etc. •  Gatsby: Showing off or something more?

  14. Theme: American Dream • Car—symbolizing ease and wealth BUT • Immorality of materialistic dream = wreck • Carelessness with the dream (they are all drunk as they are leaving) •  New York—an illusion of happiness

  15. Flashback—fragmentation of Modernism • Exposes Gatsby’s true self • Foreshadows the destruction of his dream—it is the destruction of his image. • What is Gatsby’s dream? • Daisy • Repeating the past • Doomed to fail? • Daisy’s maiden name was “Fay”—a synonym for fairy—ethereal quality

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