YEAR 12 LESSON 19/20/21/ [21st/25th/28th Nov 14]: Homework

The Friday 21st session considered the features of Chapter Six and lessons 20/21 considered the significance of Chapter Seven. Chapter Seven is a BEAST. It is important that students develop an awareness of how Fitzgerald shapes and presents the drama that is presented in this extremely important chapter. I also gave the class some important resources in the Tuesday 25th session. I recycled some old notes and essay structures. Please read these notes.
Students need to consider the following questions when reading Chapter Seven:

• Why does Daisy kiss Gatsby in front of Nick and Jordan?
• What is the significance of the 'heat'? Why is the Sound 'stagnant in the heat'? How is the emotional tension heightened by the scorching weather? 
• What is the significance of Gatsby's reaction when observing the opulence of the Buchanan house and observing the influence of the child?
• Why does Gatsby state that Daisy's voice is...'full of money'?
• How does Fitzgerald present Tom's sense of fury when Tom realises that Daisy and Gatsby are connected...'She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.' ?
• Why does Daisy reject Gatsby and choose her heinous husband?
• What is the significance of Tom suggesting that Daisy and Gatsby drive back to East Egg in the same car?
• How significant is the quote: 'Then I turned back to Gatsby- and was startled at his expression. He looked...as if he had 'killed a man.' ?
• How significant is Tom's comment: 'I think [Gatsby] realises that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.' ?
• Why does the narrative shift from first-person to third-person when describing the death of Myrtle?
• What is the significance of the 'death car' being originally described as being 'light green'?
• Why does Nick move from contempt for these people to admiration for Gatsby when he realises Gatsby is protecting Daisy?
• How do you view Gatsby at the end of this chapter?
• What is Fitzgerald's aim in Chapter Seven and what are the key quotes?

I was a little disappointed to discover that some students had not bothered to read this chapter for homework. If you do not read you cannot offer any form of informed opinion. READ THE TEXT.

HOMEWORK:
We are moving towards the question: HOW DOES THE AUTHOR TELL THE STORY IN CHAPTER SEVEN? Students need to consider possible content for this essay. Students also need to read the final chapters. READ THE TEXT.