PPT-Unit 2 – Gatsby, Gin, Guns, Greed, & Gangsters

Writers Kendrick Lamar John Cheever Nas F Scott Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgerald Texts The Swimmer The Great Gatsby Swimming Pools Drank Time Please take out notetaking materials. uclacuk Abstract We present a new Gaussian process GP regression model whose co variance is parameterized by the the locations of pseudoinput points which we learn by a gradient based optimization We take where is the number of real data points and h The Keys to God’s Economy. Spiritual . – . Faith:. W. isdom & Power. Relational. – . Family & Friends. Physical. – . Time & Energy. Intellectual. – . Creativity & Ideas. 1 . C. orinthians 6:1-11. Gordon . Gekko. , . Wall Street. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its . The . Oppression of Injustice. Solomon . addresses the injustice of sinful structures. . Greed. Dictionary.com - excessive . desire, especially for wealth or . possessions.. . WordNet - an . excessive desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves. The Green Light. Symbolizes both the unattainable dream of Gatsby’s past and the future at the same time. . “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever…It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” – Nick . “What I Think and Feel at 25”. Read the essay by F. Scott Fitzgerald and answer the questions that follow it with a partner. . How does Fitzgerald’s view of being 25 relate to the characters in the novel?. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. . His middle-class . parents constantly overextended themselves financially. . In high . school, Fitzgerald published fiction in the school magazine. . Brief summary of “The Roaring twenties”. Known as a decade-long party. . Glamour. Wealth. “Keeping up with the Jones’”. More people lived in cities than the country. Major events during the 1920’s. Background to. . The Great Gatsby. World War I. Post WWI. Standard of living increased for most. Americans abandoned small towns in exchange for urban living. Economy prospered as Americans tried to forget troubles of war. ENG4U: Wilson. Learning Objectives. Understand the importance of rain in this chapter and how it is a metaphor for emotional release. Think about the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby and how this is portrayed by Fitzgerald. . Author Background . Francis Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896. Member of the Princeton Class of 1917. Joined the Army-stationed in Montgomery Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre . Refused to marry him until he could publish . Great Gatsby Chapter Summaries Chapter 1 Summary Nick Caraway. He not only narrates the story but casts himself as the book’s author. In the summer of 1922 arrives in New York Lives in West Egg, next to Gatsby. ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ( ) ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ( ! ( ) ) ) ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ( ! ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ! “Evil dispositions which motivate us to sin”. Become habits, patterns of thought & behavior. Greed has incredible power to harm. Motivator of raw capitalism & rapacious practices. In individuals – consumption, excess, injustice.