PPT-The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald - Final Presentation

Plot Summary Eggs Cracked The Great Gatsby  is a story told by Nick Carraway who was once Gatsbys neighbor and he tells the story sometime after 1922 when the incidents that fill the book take . 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). Began writing at age 13. Dropped out of Princeton to join the army in 1917. Met his future wife, Zelda, while he was stationed in Alabama. Moved to NYC in 1918, where he published his first novel and married Zelda one week later. The Great Gatsby. Symbols . . .. The Green Light. What might it symbolize? Pay attention to this !. Green . . . . the color green pops up everywhere in . The Great Gatsby. . . Eyes. An abandoned . The Great Gatsby. English III: Advanced Composition & Novel. Mrs. Snipes & Mrs. Lutes. Table of Contents:. 1. Modernism and the Modern Novel. 2. Features of Modernism. 3. . Gatsby . and the Modern Novel. 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 . 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?. Historical background, author information, themes, and motifs to look for. "I look out at it and I think it is the most beautiful history in the world. . . . It is the history of all aspiration not just the American dream but the human . Room Number:. 0. fcc65ee. Cultural Context of . The . Great Gatsby. Understanding the times helps to understand the novel. World War I. 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.”. 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. . F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. F . rancis. Scott Key Fitzgerald was born.  on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Francis Scott . Key. Fitzgerald . was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though an intelligent child, he did poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite being a mediocre student there, he managed to enroll at Princeton in 1913. Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its end.. 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. . 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