Monday, February 25th

Do now:

• Take out  your Gatsby packets.
• Select the question you would most like to discuss.
• Consider the 5 possible essay topics.

 

• 1991. MANY PLAYS AND NOVELS USE CONTRASTING PLACES (FOR EXAMPLE, TWO COUNTRIES, TWO CITIES OR TOWNS, TWO HOUSES, OR THE LAND AND THE SEA) TO REPRESENT OPPOSED FORCES OR IDEAS THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE MEANING OF THE WORK. CHOOSE A NOVEL OR PLAY THAT CONTRASTS TWO SUCH PLACES. WRITE AN ESSAY EXPLAINING HOW THE PLACES DIFFER, WHAT EACH PLACE REPRESENTS, AND HOW THEIR CONTRAST CONTRIBUTES TO THE MEANING OF THE WORK. 

 

• 1997. NOVELS AND PLAYS OFTEN INCLUDE SCENES OF WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, PARTIES, AND OTHER SOCIAL OCCASIONS. SUCH SCENES MAY REVEAL THE VALUES OF THE CHARACTERS AND THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. SELECT A NOVEL OR PLAY THAT INCLUDES SUCH A SCENE AND, IN A FOCUSED ESSAY, DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTION THE SCENE MAKES TO THE MEANING OF THE WORK AS A WHOLE. YOU MAY CHOOSE A WORK FROM THE LIST BELOW OR ANOTHER NOVEL OR PLAY OF LITERARY MERIT.

• 2004, FORM B. THE MOST IMPORTANT THEMES IN LITERATURE ARE SOMETIMES DEVELOPED IN SCENES IN WHICH A DEATH OR DEATHS TAKE PLACE. CHOOSE A NOVEL OR PLAY AND WRITE A WELL-ORGANIZED ESSAY IN WHICH YOU SHOW HOW A SPECIFIC DEATH SCENE HELPS TO ILLUMINATE THE MEANING OF THE WORK AS A WHOLE. AVOID MERE PLOT SUMMARY.

• 2007. IN MANY WORKS OF LITERATURE, PAST EVENTS CAN AFFECT, POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY, THE PRESENT ACTIVITIES, ATTITUDES, OR VALUES OF A CHARACTER. CHOOSE A NOVEL OR PLAY IN WHICH A CHARACTER MUST CONTEND WITH SOME ASPECT OF THE PAST, EITHER PERSONAL OR SOCIETAL. THEN WRITE AN ESSAY IN WHICH YOU SHOW HOW THE CHARACTER’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE PAST CONTRIBUTES TO THE MEANING OF THE WORK AS A WHOLE.

swbat:

• Draw conclusions about Fitzgerald's portrayal of social stratification and consider literary devices employed to convey his message.

• Consider Gatsby as a Byronic hero.

Homework:

• Gatsby test tomorrow.
• SAT's on Wednesday.