The Great Gatsby Final Review 1. Write down one question you have about the novel: Explain how World War I affected the events of the novel: Explain how prohibition affected the events of the novel: List facts and sources showing your research of WWI: List facts and sources showing your research of prohibition: Explain how “Wolfshiem” affected Gatsby’s life: Fitzgerald disapproves of the actions of the characters. Explain how he shows
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During The Great Gatsby it was apparent that Tom and Daisy had an unstable relationship. While reading the novel‚ I questioned the reason behind the continuation of their relationship. Tom and Daisy are from the same world and are united by a background of money‚ and in a bizarre way I think they might have loved one another. Tom and Daisy both came from the upper crust of society. Daisy married Tom because his house was covered with ivy. Tom was from the old money; his family had been wealthy
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Review Study Guide-AP English Literary Analysis 1. Title of Work: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. Genre: Modernist novel 3. Significance of title: The title describes Gatsby as “Great” because he was able to fulfill the American dream of achieving success and wealth. 4. Significant author facts‚ style‚ themes: Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby” between 1923-1924 in America and France. 5. Major theme—dominant way of looking at life: Fitzgerald’s
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The Great Gatsby: Study Guide Full Text: http://texts.crossref-it.info/text/the-great-gatsby/chapter-1 Audio book link: http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/The_Great_Gatsby/index.html Introduction: Terms to know- Modernism: literary movement that emerged after World War I‚ included experimental techniques to capture and depict the contradictions and complexities of life Lost Generation: Writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway lost their faith in the goodness
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THE GREAT GATSBY Study Guide by Calvin Roso For the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald Grades 10–12 Reproducible Pages #414 THE GREAT GATSBY Study Guide by Calvin Roso © 1998 Progeny Press 1 Limited permission to reproduce this study guide. Purchase of this book entitles an individual teacher to reproduce pages for use in the classroom or home. Multiple teachers may not reproduce pages from the same study guide. This is a Progeny Press Interactive Study Guide. Sale of
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Is Gatsby great or not? Section 1: Gatsby is generous to the people at his parties. He throws banquets and spends a lot of money on food‚ preparations and entertainment. Gatsby is a generous host. “most people were brought” “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York--every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.” “At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet
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For my book report‚ I chose to read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is a novel set in the twenties when the American economy was soaring (SparkNotes…). I choose this book because I had it in my bookshelf for a long time‚ but never found time to read it. I had no expectations of this book because I had never heard anything about it‚ and the summary on the back was un-descriptive. In this paper I will accurately and specifically go into the characters of the book‚ and present the themes
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT GATSBY (Advanced English 11) (S11) Considered the finest of Fitzgerald’s works‚ The Great Gatsby (1925) is a story of a man with a dream that symbolizes the corruption of the American Dream. The novel recounts a summer in New York City when Nick Carraway meets Jay Gatsby and finds himself involved with the man’s wealth and his obsessive desire to make contact with Carraway’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan. Through a series of flashbacks‚ the novel reveals the life of James Gatz
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Abidi‚ 1 The Deceitful Green Light Green is the color of hope and it is viewed as one of the most important symbols in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby believed in the power of green light and its ability to provide him with everything that he desired. He felt that it could take away all his worries and create a prosperous life for him. Gatsby is characterized as being naïve since his dreams led him from rags to riches‚ and he was able to see a new developed America. Clearly‚ the green light
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The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit
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