Today's session was a timed essay. Consider this task a Pagan gift. A celebration of the new season.
HOMEWORK:
Students obviously need to READ READ READ The Great Gatsby and consider how Fitzgerald shapes meaning. Students need to revisit their essays and notes and think about the issues that are being explored within this novel and why Fitzgerald is presenting these ideas.
Reading focus should be:
- The significance of Carraway's narrative. Why does Fitzgerald use Nick as the narrative voice?
- How Fitzgerald uses symbolism to shape meaning.
- Consider the novel within the context of tragedy. For example, Miller has stated that tragedy 'points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom'..so what is the enemy of freedom in this novel? D.H.Lawrence states that tragedy allows the discovery of 'truth' so what is the truth being exposed by Fitzgerald in this novel?
- What is the significance of the final page? How does the conclusion of the novel link with the first few pages of the opening chapter?
KEEP USING THE RESOURCES POSTED TO THIS BLOG. USE THE SPRING BREAK TO REVISIT SOME OLD BLOG ENTRIES AND CONSIDER THE ISSUES BEING RAISED WITHIN THE RESOURCES.
THIS TWO WEEK BREAK IS MASSIVE AS THIS IS THE TIME TO READ THE NOVEL AND CONSIDER ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE DISCUSSED SINCE SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS NOT A HOLIDAY. I EXPECT STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGING WITH THE TEXT.
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