Would you recommend this book to others to read? Why?
Would you read other stories by this author?
Write in complete sentences. You should have two paragraphs written on this post. Each paragraph should be no less than five sentences each. Please proofread your work before you publish!
A LOT happened within chapter seven; however, I feel there was a lot that was left unsaid. If the characters could tell us their true feelings what would they say right now? Pick a character and "blabberize" it. Tell me something that they are secretly thinking but didn't dare say it out loud. Create an account at www.blabberize.com and then create a short clip using character images from the movie (Francis Ford Coppola or Baz Luhrmann version). Embed your blabberize clip within your post and then below the clip explain yourself. This explanation should be no less than six sentences and should make reference to something that literally occurred within chapter seven. Mrs. Carn's Example:
Chapter seven unravels all of the good gossip of this book. Gatsby reveals his love for Daisy to Tom and how he plans on taking her from him. Daisy first tells Tom that she’s leaving him. Tom goes on an on about family life falling apart - even though he is cheating too. Jordan and Nick are simply sitting in this hot hotel room and listening to them fight about the entire thing. Jordan isn’t in any relationship, so I’m sure this whole dynamic of Tom, Myrtle, Daisy, and Gatsby simply perplexes her.
My poem is one that I could imagine Daisy Buchanan writing. It covers both the theme of dissatisfaction and isolation. I believe that Daisy felt very alone throughout this novel. Her image of beauty, purity, innocence, happiness, and desire for wealth was all a facade for the desperate life that she actually led. She was a very sad woman and her life was quite tragic.
Directions: In this blog post you need to convince your readers
that there is one perfect song out there that describes the characters,
setting, and/or situations present within the chapter. Don't pick a song based
purely on the sound - take a closer look at the lyrics. Does it describe what
is occurring within chapter five in any way? The entire song does not need to
befit the chapter but you must find at least four lines in the song that work
for the chapter.
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Embed the music video into your blog.
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Write a paragraph that names the song, shows it relation to chapter five, and
discuss four lines of lyrics and how it applies directly to chapter five. This
paragraph should be NO LESS THAN TEN SENTENCES. Discuss the song thoroughly and
convince your readers that it would make the perfect song forThe Great Gatsbysoundtrack.
Mrs. Carn’s Example
The Adele song, "When We Were Young"
epitomizes Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. There were multiple
lines that I felt fit chapter five extremely well. Jay was extremely nervous
about meeting back up with Daisy. In the song one line states, "I was so
scared to face my fears" and I think Jay was scared - which is why he
pulled together this elaborate scheme, involving Jordan and Nick, for his first
meeting with Daisy. When they finally reconnected it seemed like it had been
forever. At one point Adele sings, "You look like a movie/you sound like a
song/my God this reminds me of when we were young" and even after five
years of being separated Daisy and Jay did in fact have that re-connection. Jay
loved everything about Daisy. "Everybody loves the things you do form the
way you talk to the way you move" and every bit of that line applies to
Daisy Buchanan and how people feel about her (especially the talking part). At
the end of the chapter it is almost bittersweet - Jay's dream has come true,
but is it going to last? Jay was truly "hoping you're [Daisy] someone I
used to know" and that they haven't drifted apart in the years they've
been apart.
In chapter four Jay makes a request of Nick...but through Jordan. What if Jordan wasn't apart of the story? Jay was obviously a bit nervous and didn't want to ask Nick face to face. Let's take a moment and pretend that Jay Gatsby had a cell phone. This would be his way of contacting Nick. What would he say? What would he ask? How would he approach the subject?
Directions: You will be fictitiously throwing a Great Gatsby party. For this project, you need to research many elements of a party during the 1920's and the associated cost. You will also be creating a menu that you would potentially give to party-goers. Everything must be relevant to the 1920's.
Find an image that you feel depicts the "Valley of the Ashes" perfectly. Put that image onto your blog (your image should NOT be from the movie). Describe the valley in great detail - and utilize at least one quote directly from the book within your description. Be sure to depict what it looks like AND what it stands for in this book. If you are not sure what it stands for - time to start Googling! If you Google "Valley of Ashes" you will find lots of resourceful information about what it symbolizes. This post should be no LESS than six sentences in length.
For this post, you need to create an epigram for one of the following characters: Nick, Tom, Daisy, or Jordan. You will place the epigram on the picture of one of those characters (find from the movie). Below the image, write in five sentences why you chose this particular epigram for that character.
An epigram is a short but insightful statement, often in verse form, which communicates a thought in a witty, paradoxical, or funny way. (look online for an epigram to use)
The reasons for using epigrams are plentiful.
They cause the reader or listener to think a bit more about the statement being made.
They are examples of pure humor.
They all leave an impression.
On page four of chapter one in the novel there is an epigram of Nick. Don't use this one on your blog but you can use it as an example.
Many of them, whether through humor or blatant statements, are making a commentary on some sort of issue, whether is be political, social, religious, or just about day-to-day life. Greeks began the tradition of using epigrams, often in memory of deceased loved ones.
I chose this particular epigram for the character of Daisy. So far in the novel Daisy seems very self absorbed. She is very concerned with people knowing of her and missing her when she is not present. She asks of Nick when he first arrives in her home if people are missing her back in Chicago. Her voice is represented in such a way that she wants people to grasp at her words. I think it would be a great tragedy to Daisy if people were not speaking of her or admiring her in some way. I feel that she even brings up the bruise on her hand simply to gain attention...because even if people are talking poorly of her or her situation...at least they're talking! Daisy wants to be known.
