The Great Gatsby
Reader Response #1
• Listen to the following musical selections.
What images and words come to you as you
listen? Write at least five sentences!
The Great Gatsby- Reader Response #2
Chapter One- page 6-8:
Select three descriptions involving the use of color- you
don’t need to write the whole quote, just the descriptive
images. Then write a minimum of five sentences interpreting
the images that are created through this use of imagery and
the symbolism of the colors.
“ . . . -he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was
from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and
distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have
been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was
alone again in the unquiet dark” (26).
Reader Response #3:
*write four sentences minimum!
How do you define the “American
dream”? What is it and what does
it mean to you? What is your
“American dream”?
The Great Gatsby: Reader Response #4
Chapter 2: pages 23-25
Read back through the beginning of chapter 2. Find three
descriptions of the color gray or the idea of death. Write
down the descriptions- not the entire sentence, just the
description and a minimum of five sentences about what image
Fitzgerald constructs with the valley of ashes.
Reader Response #5: (write 4 sentences)
What if money didn’t matter for your
“American dream”? How would your dream
change? Why or why not? Why is money so
important?
Reader Response #6:
Pages 39-41- Gatsby’s party
Find five different
descriptions of Gatsby’s
party that appeal to each of
the five senses. Then
describe the party using
your own words in five
sentences minimum.
The Great Gatsby
Reader Response #7
“But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules
that act as brakes on my desires . . .” (58)
What do you think
Nick means when
he says this about
himself? How does
this make him
different from
other characters in
the novel?
*minimum of five
sentences!”
The Great Gatsby- Reader Response #8:
What are your impressions of Gatsby? What do
other people say about Gatsby, and what does he
tell Nick about himself? Why do you think so
many wild rumors exists about him?
The Great Gatsby
Reader Response #9
Page 74-77
Summarize Daisy and
Gatsby’s past history together.
5 sentences minimum
Tom Buchanan
The Great GatsbyReader Response #10
Select one character represented
here and find two quotes that
describe them- physically and
personality traits. Then describe
the character using your own
words. 5 sentences minimum in
your own words.
Five sentences
minimum!
Reader Response #15:
Summarize the events
of Chapter 7. What
were the most
significant details?
Reader Response #16
“Show me a hero, and I’ll
write you a tragedy.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Is Gatsby a hero? Why
or why not? Does the
novel exemplify this idea?
5 sentences min!