The aim of this session was for students to consider the significance of Chapter Five of The Great Gatsby. Focus was placed upon the comical tone of the mid-section before Nick leaves the house to hide beneath the tree. Students were asked to consider how Fitzgerald manages to shape a comical element within such a serious a novel. Class discussion also considered the significance of Daisy's emotional reaction to the 'beautiful shirts' and why the conclusion of the chapter appears to offer such a melancholy tone when Gatsby has achieved his 5 year aim of reintroducing himself into Daisy's life.
HOMEWORK: Read CHAPTERS FIVE and SIX as these chapters will be the focus of Friday's sermon. COMPLETE THE ESSAY.
I urge all students to continue to peruse the MASS of Gatsby related resources that can be found on my blog. BE CURIOUS LIT FREAKS. An informed mind is a powerful mind.
PEGGY LEE's version of 'AIN'T WE GOT FUN':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7wKHIYysjY
3 o'clock in the morning....tune that Daisy hears in chapter 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dim9xdVIiYw
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