Chapter 4
Nick talks about all the people that he saw at Gatsby's parties and what they were like. Most of them were very rich and weatlhy. One day Nick and Gatsby drive through the city and they get pulled over by a policeman. He pulls a white card from his wallet and the policeman sees that he is Gatsby and says he's sorry and he won't make the mistake again. After that they drive by a hearse, and a limousine that was drove by a white and had three negroes, two bucks, and a girl in there too. The next day Gatsby and Nick met for lunch, and Mr. Wolfsheim was with Gatsby. Nick ends up finding out that he fixed the world series back in 1919, and he finds out what kind of person Wolfsheim is. After lunch,Nick goes and meets Jordan Baker who tells him what her and Gatsby were talking about at the party. Jordan tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Nick talks about all of the people at the parties he saw, and goes out to eat with Mr. Wolfsheim and Gatsby. He finds out that he fixed the world series, and he finds out from Jordan Baker that Gatsby is in love with Daisy.
Does anyone else know about Gatsby being in love with Daisy besides Jordan?
Chapter 5
Nick comes home from his date with Jordan and Gatsby comes running to him to talk about something. Gatsby wants Nick to help it out by getting Daisy to come over for tea. He begs Nick and bribes him inviting him to a bunch of things and Nick agrees that he will help with it. Daisy goes to Gatsbys house for tea and at first he is really nervous. He settles down eventually when Nick leaves them alone for an hour. They end up getting along really well and Nick decides that he will let them be alone for a while.
Gatsby gets to have tea with Daisy thanks to Nicks help and they get along really well, it went the way he wanted it to go.
Is Gatsby trying to make Daisy having an affair?
Chapter 6
Rumors go around about Gatsby about his history. Nick finds out about his real history and that he used to live in South Dakota and he dropped out of college. He worked for a guy that had a severe drinking problem and his job was to make sure he didn't do anything extremily stupid when intoxicated. The man died and leaves Gatsby 25,000 dollars. Nick doesn't see Gatsby or Daisy for a long time until the party when Tom goes with Daisy. Nobody really has a good time and it makes Gatsby mad. He decided that he is going to do everything he can to get Daisy back.
Rumors go throughout the city about Gatsby and Nick learns about his past. Gatsby throws a party in hopes of seeing Daisy again but it backfires because nobody has a good time at the party.
Why would Gatsby throw a party and have Tom come?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 1
Nick lives in a neighborhood in New York called West Egg, he moves there for his work. He used to live in East Egg, where he knew a lot more people and he liked them better. One night he goes over to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin and her husband. There is a girl named Jordan that is also there too. Nick tries to tell everyone about a book and Tom is the only one that shows any interest in it. They eat dinner and then Jordan goes to bed. Tom and Daisy try to convince Nick that he should take a interest in Jordan, but Nick doesn't think anything of it.
Nick goes to the East Egg side to have dinner with his cousin and he husband and a couple of others. They have a dinner and Nick tries to tell Tom about a book. Tom and Daisy tell Nick that they should give Jordan a try.
How old are all of them?
Chapter 2
Tom and Nick ride a train into the city, where they go to Georges house. They pick up Mrytle, Georges wife and Tom takes them to an apartment in New York City called Morningside Heights. They have a party there with Catherine, Mrytle's sister, and some other people. Everybody is drunk, and Mrytle says something about Toms wife. Tom told her to never say anything again and Mrytle got mad and says she can do whatever she wants, and provokes Tom by repeating her name. Tom gets mad and punches her in the nose and breaks her nose. The party ends after that and Nick leaves at 4 in the morning.
They have a party at Morningside Heights and everyone drinks. Things get out of hand and Tom ends up breaking Mrytles nose because she keeps talking about his wife. Nick gets drunk for one of the first times in his life.
Why did they decide to go to the apartment?
Chapter 3
Nick gets an invitation to go to a party at Gatsby's mansion. He decides to go and he feels out of place there because he doesn't really know anybody. He hears people talking about Gatsby's history. He hears people say that Gatsby was a killer and that he was a German spy during the war. Eventually Nick meets Jay Gatsby and he talks to him. He finds out that Gatsby is very interesting and he likes him. The party ends about 2 in the morning. Nick then decides that he is attracted to Jordan, even though he feels that she is a cheater. Nick decides that he is going to stop attending parties and that he is going to go on with his everyday life, which is working in New York City.
Nick goes to Gatsby's party and he has a good time. He finds out that Gatsby is a nice guy, even though he has heard some bad rumors about him. He decides that he is going to stop partying because he wants to prove to himself that he doesn't need to.
Does Jordan feel attracted to Nick too?
Chapter 1
Nick lives in a neighborhood in New York called West Egg, he moves there for his work. He used to live in East Egg, where he knew a lot more people and he liked them better. One night he goes over to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin and her husband. There is a girl named Jordan that is also there too. Nick tries to tell everyone about a book and Tom is the only one that shows any interest in it. They eat dinner and then Jordan goes to bed. Tom and Daisy try to convince Nick that he should take a interest in Jordan, but Nick doesn't think anything of it.
Nick goes to the East Egg side to have dinner with his cousin and he husband and a couple of others. They have a dinner and Nick tries to tell Tom about a book. Tom and Daisy tell Nick that they should give Jordan a try.
How old are all of them?
Chapter 2
Tom and Nick ride a train into the city, where they go to Georges house. They pick up Mrytle, Georges wife and Tom takes them to an apartment in New York City called Morningside Heights. They have a party there with Catherine, Mrytle's sister, and some other people. Everybody is drunk, and Mrytle says something about Toms wife. Tom told her to never say anything again and Mrytle got mad and says she can do whatever she wants, and provokes Tom by repeating her name. Tom gets mad and punches her in the nose and breaks her nose. The party ends after that and Nick leaves at 4 in the morning.
They have a party at Morningside Heights and everyone drinks. Things get out of hand and Tom ends up breaking Mrytles nose because she keeps talking about his wife. Nick gets drunk for one of the first times in his life.
Why did they decide to go to the apartment?
Chapter 3
Nick gets an invitation to go to a party at Gatsby's mansion. He decides to go and he feels out of place there because he doesn't really know anybody. He hears people talking about Gatsby's history. He hears people say that Gatsby was a killer and that he was a German spy during the war. Eventually Nick meets Jay Gatsby and he talks to him. He finds out that Gatsby is very interesting and he likes him. The party ends about 2 in the morning. Nick then decides that he is attracted to Jordan, even though he feels that she is a cheater. Nick decides that he is going to stop attending parties and that he is going to go on with his everyday life, which is working in New York City.
Nick goes to Gatsby's party and he has a good time. He finds out that Gatsby is a nice guy, even though he has heard some bad rumors about him. He decides that he is going to stop partying because he wants to prove to himself that he doesn't need to.
Does Jordan feel attracted to Nick too?
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Themes: idea that occurs or pervades a work
*Courage, manhood, self-preservation, and disregard for human life.
In the book and the movie, The themes are courage, manhood, self-preservation, and disregard for human life. In the book Henry has to deal with all of these. At the beginning of the book he has no courage, he runs away from battle, and he doesn't prove to himself that he has any courage or that he is a man. He later proves that he has courage, and shows that he is becoming a man. He also has problems with self-preservation because he runs away from battle because he is scared. His problem isn't disregard for human life, he isn't scared to kill. He is just scared to be killed.
In the movie, I think all of the men showed that they have courage because none of them really ran away from battle, and most of them ended up dying. The only lack of courage anyone showed was when the guy wanted to leave there mission because they didn't want to shoot the guy that killed one of their friends. I don't think any of them have any disregard for human life, besides the guy that doesn't want anyone to be killed.
*Symbols
*The dead soilder, and the the flag
The flag- The flag is a symbol in both the book and the movie. The flag represents what you are fighting for, it means everything in a war. When in battle, the person carrying the flag is always in the front, it shows a great deal of courage and bravery because there is a good chance your going to be shot. Henry and Wilson showed their courage by both trying to go for the flag. In the movie, when you go into battle, you always have to make sure someone is carrying the flag.
The dead Soilder- The dead soilder is a symbol for Henry, it makes him realize everything about the war and what is going on around him. The soilder also represents bravery, it shows Henry that the man isn't a coward, and that he should be more like that, it makes him feel kind of guilty. In the movie, some of the guys that were doing the mission died, who showed there bravery and courage.
Motifs:
*noise/silence
*light/dark
*clean/dirty
*youth/maturity
Noise/silence
When there is silence, the soilders are usually thinking about what is to come and how they are going to act upon war. There is silence when there is no battle going on anywhere. When there is noise, that is when a battle is going on and it is very loud. There is the sounds of gunshots and people yelling and screaming and it is just chaos.
*Courage, manhood, self-preservation, and disregard for human life.
In the book and the movie, The themes are courage, manhood, self-preservation, and disregard for human life. In the book Henry has to deal with all of these. At the beginning of the book he has no courage, he runs away from battle, and he doesn't prove to himself that he has any courage or that he is a man. He later proves that he has courage, and shows that he is becoming a man. He also has problems with self-preservation because he runs away from battle because he is scared. His problem isn't disregard for human life, he isn't scared to kill. He is just scared to be killed.
In the movie, I think all of the men showed that they have courage because none of them really ran away from battle, and most of them ended up dying. The only lack of courage anyone showed was when the guy wanted to leave there mission because they didn't want to shoot the guy that killed one of their friends. I don't think any of them have any disregard for human life, besides the guy that doesn't want anyone to be killed.
*Symbols
*The dead soilder, and the the flag
The flag- The flag is a symbol in both the book and the movie. The flag represents what you are fighting for, it means everything in a war. When in battle, the person carrying the flag is always in the front, it shows a great deal of courage and bravery because there is a good chance your going to be shot. Henry and Wilson showed their courage by both trying to go for the flag. In the movie, when you go into battle, you always have to make sure someone is carrying the flag.
The dead Soilder- The dead soilder is a symbol for Henry, it makes him realize everything about the war and what is going on around him. The soilder also represents bravery, it shows Henry that the man isn't a coward, and that he should be more like that, it makes him feel kind of guilty. In the movie, some of the guys that were doing the mission died, who showed there bravery and courage.
Motifs:
*noise/silence
*light/dark
*clean/dirty
*youth/maturity
Noise/silence
When there is silence, the soilders are usually thinking about what is to come and how they are going to act upon war. There is silence when there is no battle going on anywhere. When there is noise, that is when a battle is going on and it is very loud. There is the sounds of gunshots and people yelling and screaming and it is just chaos.
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