YEAR 12 Monday 25th April 2016

This session considered a series of past questions and pondered the text as a work of tragedy. The class were given the AQA overview of the text. Note how the notes suggest that Tom's character does not follow the normal conventions of a tragic villain as he does not receive any form of moral justice.

Questions considered in this session included:

'The Great Gatsby is a simple Love story'. To what extent do you agree with this view of the novel?

The questions below are all past AQA Gatsby questions. Students can attempt any of these questions and send me the essay. Today's session was the final 'official' session but I will continue to offer a Gatsby session every morning in our usual Monday slot. The exam is on 26th May. You begin exam leave on Friday 6th May. I will be available on Thursdays period 2/3 leading up to the exam and also at dinnertime if any students want to meet and discuss the text.

'Gatsby is a tragic hero'. To what extent do you agree with this view of the novel?
To what extent is THE GREAT GATSBY a 'rags to riches' story?
How far do you agree with the view that THE GREAT GATSBY presents the virtue of living a moral and decent life?
'In THE GREAT GATSBY the lower social classes are presented as being crude and vulgar'. How do you respond to this view?
'THE GREAT GATSBY presents a vicious world of deception and corruption.' How do you respond to this view?
'Since its publication THE GREAT GATSBY has been banned in many states in America. This is the correct decision because it presents the reader with an amoral and disgusting world'. How do you respond to this view?

REMEMBER...the focus of the course is to consider HOW THE AUTHOR SHAPES MEANING and to what extent the novel can be considered a TRAGIC text. BE AWARE OF ALL THE ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES.
CARRAWAY is the key symbolic feature of the text so make sure you are fully aware of HOW Fitzgerald uses this narrative voice and WHY he chooses this subjective voice to present the narrative to the reader.

Feel free to attempt any of the essay titles posted to this blog. READ THE TEXT.

Now is the time to read all your notes, look at your past essays, digest my exemplar essays, read the book, create intellectual clarity, and consider how you would answer the questions posted to this blog entry.

STUDENTS NEED TO USE THE MASS OF GATSBY RESOURCES THAT I HAVE POSTED TO THIS BLOG. USE THE BAR IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PAGE. I HAVE POSTED SSSSOOOOOOOO MANY RESOURCES. USE THEM.

Toodle Pip.