PPT-The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3 Notes:

Gatsbys Parties elaborate people come but most are not invited many rumors and much gossip about what he does what could his parties represent Nicks observations East Eggers and West Eggers East Egg condescending to West Egg and carefully on guard against its . By F. Scott Fitzgerald. “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.”. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald (1896-1940). F. Scott Fitzgerald is named for Francis Scott Key (wrote Star Spangled Banner), a distant relative.. He married Zelda Sayre.. He coined the phrase “The Jazz Age,” defined the era, lived it to the fullest, and he and Zelda were crowned its king and queen. . 3/31/14. Understanding the Times. Post WWI (1914-1918). Standard way of living increased for most. Americans abandoned small towns in exchange for urban living. Economy prospered as Americans tried to forget troubles of war. Chapter 1. Fractiousness: . irritability. “His . speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression . of fractiousness.  he conveyed. .”. Chapter 1. Feigned: . pretended/ Give a false appearance of. BY: Your Name. Your Class. CHARACTERS. Nick . Carraway.  -  The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from . Minnesota. .. . After . moving to West . Egg. , . Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. . and the . American . Dream. A Quick Introduction…. The 20’s: an age of transition. World War I and After. "The world must be made safe for democracy" . Woodrow Wilson the President had declared, . T.J. Eckleburg as . “the eyes of God”. If these characters are. not . religious, . what kind of God do we think these eyes represent?. . What is it that they worship, if not religion?. What is Fitzgerald saying about the American Dream?. FLT (1/25/2016) . Left . *Right*. Given film clip, anticipation guide, and discussion about consumerism . I will be able to consider how consumerism relates to the novel, . The Great Gatsby. . . _______________________________. Tidbits. F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940. Named after great uncle Frances Scott Key. From the . midwest. : St. Paul, MN. Married to Zelda Sayre - m 1930. The dominant influences on F. Scott Fitzgerald were aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol. . The American Dream. Theme. #105: Theme: The fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. Sometimes said to be an underlying “message” of a story.. On the surface, . The Great Gatsby. The Roaring 20s. World War I ended in 1918. . Disillusioned because of the war, the generation that fought and survived has come to be called “the lost generation. .”. While the sense of loss was readily apparent among expatriate American artists who remained in Europe after the war, back home the disillusionment took a less obvious form. . TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. TYPE HERE. Gatsby: A Voyage into Greatness Gatsby: Day 1 Bellringer : Gatsby Vocab #1 Controversy Reflection/Synthesis Intro Preface & Anticipation Guide Begin The Great Gatsby : Ch. 1 The Great Gatsby Vocabulary The great gatsby Chapter Notes Chapter 1 Notes – Point of View and Narrator Point of View – The way the authors allows the reader to “see” and “hear” what is going on First person – The story is told from the perspective of a single narrator