The aim of today's session was to offer a final overview of potential content for the first Gatsby essay and discuss the key features of Chapter 2. This chapter introduces the characters of Myrtle and George Wilson and reinforces the hideous nature of the villainous Tom Buchanan.
Homework: I will be collecting the essay before the session on Tuesday. The essay title is:
HOW DOES FITZGERALD TELL THE STORY IN THE OPENING CHAPTER OF TGG?
Students need to place their personal AIM underneath the essay title. Read my comments from the last essay. The advice I offered through my marking of the first essay is the aim that you need to place at the beginning of this Gatsby essay.
Students also need to email me their GATSBY photographs. I will expect students to illustrate their explanation of why the image relates to the novel with specific reference to the text. Students must be textually specific. The image needs to relate to the first three chapters of the novel.
Student reading should focus on the first three chapters of the novel and the question that should dictate your reading is: WHAT KIND OF AMERICA IS BEING PRESENTED BY FITZGERALD IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF THE GREAT GATSBY?
Students need to consider how this representation compares with the representation of America presented by Walt Whitman, Emma Lazarus, The Star Spangled Banner, and The Declaration of Independence.
This is a wonderful resource. An American Catholic priest discusses The Great Gatsby. Here Father Barron offers an overview of the first three chapters. Click on link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSVx84uPrY
The film trailer used to promote Baz Luhrmann's recent film version of the novel offers a really powerful representation of Gatsby's Parties. Click on link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o
Good luck folks. Lots to do.
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