The+Great+Gatsby

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** The Great Gatsby ** By F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1926 **__ The Great Gatsby at a Glance... __** **__ Background… __** The American Dream The Jazz Age/The roaring 20s Prohibition The Great Depression **__ Characters… __** Nick – What does Nick represent? – Whose voice is he? Gatsby – Does he have “something gorgeous about him”? – How does he relate to The American Dream? – Did he “turn out alright in the end”? – Can you “repeat the past” as Gatsby believes? Daisy – Is she a woman of substance? **__ Themes __** Appearance versus reality Morals and corruption – Values. – What is important to Daisy? To Jordan? To Tom? To Gatsby? – What is Fitzgerald suggesting //should// be important? Dreams Decay **__ Literary Devices __** Chronology – Use of flashback throughout Narration – 1st person. Trustworthy narrator. Imagery – lots of it! See below… **__ Symbolism and Imagery… __** The difference between ‘East’ and ‘West’ The message behind the Valley of the Ashes The message behind the Eyes of Dr T J Eckleburg The colour yellow The light across the water ** Context - Some Student Musings... ** Once you have read about the context of the novel, test out your knowledge of the era by playing this game: []

** Study Guides ** A complete and extremely useful study guide...  A quick Biography of Fitzgerald An excellent study guide to the novel, including specific breakdowns of chapter synopses, characters, themes and symbols can be found here: [] ** Key Quotations ** You need to know the key concepts and characters very well and one of the most effective ways of doing this is by memorising key quotations. You can find some of them at this link. ** Key Study Questions ** Well, this link is just what it says it is. A whole load of study questions. If you can answer these, you "totally own" this novel.

** Symbolism ** **Gatsby - A Timeline** ** Interesting Articles/Links ** What does Gatsby say about Modern America? [] A few more 'Hark! A Vagrant!' comics... [] An EPIC Nintendo game on The Great Gatsby. Don't believe me? Check it out. Does it get any better?! []


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