PPT-The Great Gatsby Chapters 1-6

Honors English 11 Ms Cimino Chapter 1 Nick Carraway Both the narrator and the author of the story Mentions Gatsby briefly states that although Gatsby represents everything he normally scorns Nick exempts him from his usual . Chapter Summaries. Chapter 1 . Narrator/ “author” is Nick . Carraway. (from Minnesota). Says that he learned from his father to not judge people, because if he tries to hold them up to his moral standards, he will misunderstand them (he is highly moral and highly tolerant). 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. 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 . Brandon McClung, Ian Edmiston, Luke Lish, Cole Haynes. Symbols. An important symbol in this chapter is Gatsby’s wealth and material possessions. They symbolize the American Dream of the 1920’s and everyone wanted to be like Gatsby. . The Green Light and the Color Green. The green light at the end of . Daisy’s. dock is the symbol of . Gatsby’s. hopes and dreams. It represents everything that haunts and beckons Gatsby: the physical and emotional distance between him and Daisy, the gap between the past and the present, the promises of the future, and the powerful lure of that other green stuff he craves—money. In fact, the color green pops up everywhere in . 2. Cite the passage on page 64 which connects Gatsby to what is typically “American”  (the archetypal American).  What particular traits are the focus here?. 3. On that same page, Gatsby’s car is described: “…rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns” (64).  Discuss the symbolism in this description. . 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. JUNIORS. Swbat. analyze Gatsby’s transition from confident to vulnerable. DO NOW HAND-IN: Why do you think Gatsby is vulnerable? Try and include a partial quote from his conversation with Nick as textual evidence.. 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. 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. 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