Thursday

 Today we will review chapter 9 and The Great Gatsby as a whole. Tomorrow we will move onto the Harlem Renaissance. 

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the unit students will be able to

1) Define character development, irony, metaphor, personification, subplot, atmosphere and allusion and symbol
2) List all the characters that appear in the novel and describe their physical appearance, motivations, social class.
3) List various allusions and foreshadows and discuss what they mean in relation to plot.
4) List the various types of conflict that occur throughout the novel and discuss who the conflicts are between.
5) Keep a journal that outlines each chapter by listing setting (if applicable), characters, conflicts, and summaries.
6) List three themes and in a paragraph or more discuss how these themes work in the novel.
7) In an essay of a page or more discuss how Fitzgerald uses particular images or characters as symbols and discuss how these symbols reflect larger themes or ideas in the novel.
8) Outline the character development (inward change) of various characters (to be mentioned later).
9) List and outline four subplots in either novel.
10) List and outline the central plot.
11) In a paragraph or more discuss how social class or social problems fit in the novel and relate them to conflict and theme.
12) Pick out two or three examples of similes and/or metaphors and in a paragraph discuss how they are used.
13) Given a quotation identify the speaker.

THE GREAT GATSBY FINAL (Questions 1-25 are worth 3 pts each)

 

1)    List three symbols from the novel and briefly in a few sentences discuss what they mean in relation to one of the major themes.

 

 

 

 

 

2)    Who is the dynamic character and how does he change?

 

 

 

 

 

3)    List for settings in the novel (be exact) and discuss the purpose of each setting.

 

 

 

 

4)    Exactly when does the novel begin and when does it end?

 

 

 

 

 

5)    List the importance of the following characters.  Why are they important to the novel?

 

DAISY:

 

 

 

 

GEORGE WILSON:

 

 

 

 

TOM:

 

 

 

MYRTLE:

 

 

 

OWL EYES:

 

 

 

JORDAN:

 

 

6)    Outline the main plot (give at least 3 events in the rising action)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7)    What are some ways (at least five) that Jay Gatz reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby?

 

 

 

 

 

8)    List and discuss one major theme from the novel and give examples of scenes that reinforce the idea.

 

 

 

 

9)    Who is the protagonist of the novel?  And make an argument using examples to back this idea up.

 

  

 

FOR THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS NAME THE SPEAKER:

 

10) “Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white”

 

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11) If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay.  You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of the dock.”

 

 

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12) “It’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart.  She’s a catholic and they don’t believe in divorce.”

 

 

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13) “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”

 

 

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14) “What’ll we plan?  What do people plan?”

 

 

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15) “I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”

 

 

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16) “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver?  Well, I met another bad driver didn’t I?”

 

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