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CHAPTERS 3-4
The Great Gatsby
3003.8.1 I can identify characteristics of the Modern and Contemporary Period.
3003.8.3 I can determine how the conflict of Gatsby impacts the characters.
3003.8.5 I can analyze characters to determine their roles/functions in Gatsby.
3003.8.16 I can identify specific symbols in Gatsby.
CHAPTER 3-4 QUIZ 1. How does Gatsby interact with the guests? 2. What does Nick wear to the party in Chapter 3? 3. What phrase does Gatsby repeatedly use to address
Nick and others? 4. In what country did Gatsby receive a medal "For
Valour Extraordinary"? 5. For how long has Gatsby been pursuing Daisy?
AGREE OR DISAGREE
Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply (58).
Double Standard?
CHARACTERS Chauffeur – wears robin’s egg blue Stage Twins – women in yellow dresses; knew Jordan
previously Owl eyes – drunkard with large spectacles who sits in
Gatsby’s library He was “BROUGHT” by a woman named Roosevelt Was in the car that hit the wall
Gatsby German spy/killed a man Introduced to him
Jordan – distrusting of Gatsby Loves large parties (intimate) Find out that she is dishonest She is a rotten driver
SETTING Gatsby Jazz Party (All summer long)
Eight servants and a gardener (cleaning up the mess) 5 crates of oranges and lemons (machine 200/hr) Lights (Gatsby place looked like a Christmas tree) Buffets “Harlequin designs” Important people
Library – real books Not a cardboard façade Books are uncut though showing us that they are only for appearances
“Conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park” (41)”
Yellow Cocktail Music
How do the Gatsby parties compare to events/parties of today’s society?
SYMBOL: AUTOMOBILE Dominant symbol in Chapter 3 Extreme wealth of the Rolls Royce—omnibus bearing
people to and from the party Green leather seats (64)
Parked five deep in the driveway Car accident at the party with “Owl Eyes” (blames the
mechanics) Who was driving? Foreshadowing???
Jordan leaving a borrowed car unattended (57)
SYMBOL: EYES Owl Eyes
Possible repeated message of T. J. Eckleburg billboard sign? Watching, spying, looking for something
We are witnessing all this through Nick’s eyes (narration)
We are seeing that Prohibition is not working for America How do today’s teens treat rules?
Gatsby was standing on the marble steps over his guests in looking around in approval. Guests – All eyes on Gatsby
CHAPTER 4
Meyer Wolfsheim – a business connection of Gatsby’s who uses Gatsby as a front man; fixed the 1919 World Series; small flat-nosed Jew
Klipspringer – Gatsby’s boarder…seems like he lives there all the time
Gatsby – nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil
GATSBY EXPLAINED Son of wealthy people in the Midwest (San Francisco???)
Inherited money States he is Oxford educated Worked his way around Europe
Live in all the capitals Extravagant trips
WWI Received a medal from “Little Montenegro” For Valour Extraordinary
Picture from Oxford with his buddies Tells him he is going to asks “huge” favor of him later on with Jordan Wolfsheim says that Gatsby is one you want to take home to your
mother or sister.
WEALTH ALLUSION AGAIN Sunday morning party with lots of
important names Luncheon with Wolfsheim
Nick is getting closer to the truth of how Gatsby makes his money.
Gatsby gets pulled over by the cop Money is power Above the law
SYMBOL: AUTOMOBILE AGAIN Gatsby’s car – gods chariot
Rich cream color and green leather conservatory (64) Bright with nickel Swollen here and there Monstrous length Triumphant hat boxes, supper boxes, tool boxes Terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns Fenders spread like wings as it drove through the valley of ashes
Daisy’s white roadster Hearse Limousine
FAVOR What was the favor? What do you foreshadow will
happen?
WWYD?