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The theme is Toms party.// **This is an interesting idea that a theme is a party, can you expand on this?** //That everyone should have equal rights. People act different based on if they have money or not.// **I agree.** //No. That all of them have a reason for meeting each other like everyone likes everyone some how.// **All the characters like each other?**
 * //The Great Gatsby//** F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * Chapter 1-2**: //If these chapters were short stories, what would be their theme? (What insight do they give to human life? What do they tell us about how people act?) Have you noticed any symbols? What do you think they represent? What are you thinking about the characters we've been introduced to so far?
 * I would like to see more of your ideas. Remember, it’s sort of like the water bottle example we talked about, you need to write so others can understand what you mean.**

**Chapters 1-3** //Well, so far we've seen three crazy parties that Nick has shared with us. What stuck out to you about each of them? What do each of them tell us about the characters we've met and how they relate to each other? Jordan is talking to Nick when she says, “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy” (Fitzgerald 52). How does this quote reflect each of the gatherings in the first three chapters? That people were having affires with each other. That the people who are married and the people who are in a a relationship are not made for each other.// **Did they marry for love? Or something else?** //Because she is having a affire with someone and it is harder to catch her having a affire with someone in a large party than in a small party..//
 * Who is Jordan having an affair with?**

//The point-of-view that a novel is told in frames the entire story. How would// The Great Gatsby //change if if it were told in another character's perspective (like Jay Gatsby's point-of-view?) Why do you think Fitzgerald chose Nick to be the narrator? It would be in first point.// **Isn’t it already in 1****st** **person?** //because the story is mainly told around him and people who he knows.//
 * Chapters 1-4**
 * I agree that the story is told about Nick and the people he knows, but, mostly all the characters know each other. What makes Nick a better fit than the other characters?**

//Apply Marxist Criticism to the first four chapters of// The Great Gatsby//. How is wealth portrayed in this book? How does the characters' wealth affect their lives and their choices? PLEASE, USE EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.// It tells us that people are looked at differently **by who?** because they have money. People who have wealth get to experience there life more than people who dont have as much, it affects there choices by what they get to do and how other people treat them. like Tom gets to buy things like delicaticys and how he bout a thirty thousand dollar neckless.
 * I think you have a good concept of Marxist Criticism! You’ve really grown in your application of criticisms since Feminism. I would like examples from the text however, to see where you think this happens.**

//Fitzgerald makes use of timepieces in several parts of chapter 5. What do these clocks and watches represent? Explain why these symbols are especially important in this chapter. Find one to three quotes that would serve as an example of a timepiece being a symbol, and explain what they represent.
 * Chapters 1-5**

The American Dream shows up as theme in many writings and discussions over The Great Gatsby. How do you define the American Dream? Does it have any influence in your life? Is the American Dream attainable to everyone in the United States? Find one to three quotes from the text that you believe makes a connection to the American Dream and explain why.// The american dream is to be successful **Is the American Dream a certain type of success?**, it does have a influence on me, yes. Because Tom and Nick are both living the american dream because they both are successful in life so they get to enjoy the finer things in life. **Interesting choice of characters to pick, what are some examples from the text to show the finer things they enjoy?**

Damian, you answer two questions within one sentence. I know you have more thoughts on these topics than just a yes or no.

//There is sometimes a question about who exactly the protagonist is in The Great Gatsby. Is it Nick or Gatsby? Who then would be the antagonist? Explain your answer using at least three events from the story to defend your thinking.// The protagonist of this story is Gatsby because it is mainly told about him, and they **(Nick)** tell us all about him like his background. The antagonist of the story would be Tom because he is stopping Gatsby from getting Daisy. **Why should Gatsby get Daisy?** //What theme(s) are becoming apparent in The Great Gatsby by this point in the book? Support your answer with at least three examples in the text up until this point.// Nicks house. **Explain why**? As well as Gatsbys house because someone is staying with Gatsby and he doesnt even know him he is just nice.
 * Chapter 1-6**
 * Damian, I’m wondering if you’re perhaps confusing theme and symbol. A symbol is normally an object, or something tangible, something you can touch, like a house, where a theme is more of the message the book is giving.**

//Who is the most dynamic character in this book? How (and how much) do they change? Would he/she be considered round or flat? Support your thinking with examples from the text.//
 * Chapter 1-7**

Daisy because she is the main person **Does main and dynamic mean the same thing?** in this story and Gatsby and Tom are aguing over her. A round because more is told about her. **Does more and round mean the same thing?**

//sho differences? By applying structuralism and looking for binary opposition, what values are considered important in this book?//

Gatsby and Tom becasue tom mabe his money through inheritence and Gatsby made it illeagly **Can you find an example of this?**. When Myrtal got hit by the big yellow car, which Daisy was driving. **How is this a value?** **Damian, I want to hear more of your ideas. These are questions that I’m sure you could write pages about, but instead you only write sentences about. Expanding on your answers might clear up what you mean.**

//Choose one of the following symbols and explain what they represent. Then find three quotes in the text where this symbol appears – use MLA formats to avoid plagiarism. • Ashes and Dust • Cars and Drivers • Colors • Houses and Owners • Photography and Lenses • Flowers
 * Chapters 1-9**

Answer definitively what the theme of The Great Gatsby is. Find three quotes in the text to support your thinking.//