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 * //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?//

Jason has been absent and will make this assignment up as soon as he is able.

//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?//
 * Chapter 1-3:**

//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?//
 * Chapters 1-4**

The novel would change drasticly in jay gatsby was the narrorator because gatsby would know and see different things then nick would.You would know the entire story about gatsby instead of rumors and have to make asumptions of what's true or not. i think the writter chose nick as the narorator because that way it keeps you guessing instead of letting you know right away so you have to read deeper into the book.
 * What does reading deeper do for us? What does “reading deeper” really mean?**

//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.// Wealth is portrayed in this book as something that lets you do whatever you want. meaning that rules don't apply to you.
 * What kind of rules?** Gatsby choses to get all these extravegant thing that most people don't even know about because the can't fathom affording it.
 * Why do you think buying extravagant things is important to Gatsby?**

//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.//

**Chapter 1-6 ** //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.//

//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.//

The theme that has become practically florescent is that money and power does not buy happiness and love. The reasoning for this theme is that Gatsby was unable to keep the love of his life and that she left for another man. Also, Gatsby lives alone with no family, reletives and or company, aside from the random guy who lives in his house for speratic periods of time. But most of all the simple factor that he throws as many parties as he does is just a desperate attempt to find some form of company and human contact in his life.
 * Interesting thoughts. Why doesn’t his money and power buy happiness? Why do you think he was unable to keep the love of his life?**

The protagonist of the great Gatsby is so obviously gatsby. The reasoning of this is that first the book is named after him, second the action follows him the most with all of his flashbacks and past stories, Why else would we care about cody and the boat or how he went to europe. lastly the book is a love story about gatsby's lost love Daisy, I say this because they used to be a unit untill something split them apart and now after almost 5 years they are reunited. That being said the Antagonist must be Tom Bucanan because he is what stands between Daisy and Gatsby.
 * Spend some more time on Tom as the antagonist, especially because him standing between Daisy and Gatsby is a really interesting concept.** All in all Gatsby has more under his belt so to say then nick.
 * Explain what this means.**

//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**

Who would be considered a foil in The Great Gatsby? Why would the author use these characters to show differences? By applying structuralism and looking for binary opposition, what values are considered important in this book?//

//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.//