Great Gatsby Review

Great Gatsby Review

By Kathi Mitchell

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Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Sarah Orne Jewett

• Ernest Hemingway

F. Scott Fitzgerald had a handle on what modern people were thinking about life. What did he capture about the period and its emotions?​

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​Is modernism still a part of our world?

Understandingmodernism

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What are the key emotions of modernism?

• Bewilderment, meaninglessness, distrust and more.

• Passion, violence, rebellion.

• Love, peace, joy, patience, kindness.

• Unpredictability, disorder, semiconsciousness.

​Nothing was wasted in Fitzgerald's story. Each character had something important to add to his exposition of the disturbing world of the twenties.

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Can you identify with any of them?

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She wore her excess weight sensuously (and had Tom Buchanan's attention):

• Daisy Buchanan

• Jordan Baker

• Myrtle Wilson

• Judy Jones

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He definitely made a big noise in college with his money and athleticism. Was there anything he was still doing to add value to the world?

• Nick Carraway

• Jay Gatsby

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• Tom Buchanan

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She always wore white and talked softly to get people to move closer to listen:

• Daisy Buchanan

• Jordan Baker

• Myrtle Wilson

• Judy Jones

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He was trying to reach the green light and other impossible things, but he was likeable and vulnerable:

• Tom Buchanan

• Jay Gatsby

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• Nick Carraway

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She played golf and lived with her senile aunt. She said it took two to make an accident.

• Judy Jones

• Myrtle Wilson

• Jordan Baker

• Daisy Buchanan

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He was probably a bit of a snob, but he liked Gatsby, dated Jordan, and gave a pretty accurate version of what happened:

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• Tom Buchanan

• Jay Gatsby

• Nick Carraway

​Other characters filled in the scenes. Again, Fitzgerald didn't waste anything. Notice how even the minor characters move the story forward.

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Remember the bit parts

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He was the source of Gatsby's current wealth:

• George Michaelis

• The boarder

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• George Wilson

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He ran a gas station, wanted to buy cars, and was married to Tom Buchanan's mistress:

• Michalis

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• Dexter Green

• George Wilson

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He was amazed that Gatsby had real books in his library and that none of them had been read:

• The boarder

• Owl Eyes

• Dexter Green

• Jordan Baker

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He was an important witness to the fatal accident in the valley of ashes:

• Michaelis

• Meyer Wolfsheim

• The boarder

• Owl Eyes

In order to understand modernism we need to understand the gap between the rich and the poor.​

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Even the locations are important

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Long Island had three locations in the film. Two were for the rich--one for the snobby rich and one for the nouveau riche:

• The valley of ashes and Manhattan

• Montauk and West Egg

• East Egg and West Egg

• Jamaica and Port Jefferson

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The eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg looked with judgment over this location:

• The Valley of Ashes

• East Egg

• Jamaica Plain

• NYC

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Where Jay and Daisy met (set up by Nick):

• Apartment in NYC

• West Egg train station

• Nick's cottage

• an unidentified mansion