THE GREAT GATSBY
In-CLASS ESSAY – PERIOD 4
Prompt
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. Using The Great Gatsby,
write a focused essay in which you discuss the contribution such a
scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
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1. Which is/are correct:
a) The Great Gatsby
b) “The Great Gatsby”
c) The Great Gatsby
d) The Great Gatsby
2. Which is correct:
a) In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the narrator is
Nick Carraway.
b) In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the narrator is
Nick Carraway.
Correct the grammar in the following sentences:
3. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it uses party scenes to
reveal the values of the characters.
4. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man
who had given a lot to impress a lady he loves.
Samples and Feedback on Introduction:
The Great Gatsby is a novel narrated by a man named Nick who
moves to New York from the mid-west. He is a relative of Daisy
Buchanan’s. Nick is also neighbors with a man named Jay Gatsby,
who is mysterious about his past. Throughout the story, Nick learns
more about Jay Gatsby and begins to understand him. He also learns
how the American Dream is just an illusion.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald uses party scenes to reveal
the values of the character and the society in which they live in. The
party scenes seem to contribute to the meaning of the work as a
whole.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, parties and social
gatherings are held often throughout the book. This reveals the values
of the characters as well as the society’s, contributing to the meaning
of the work as a whole.
The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man
named Gatsby and how his desire was the thing that destroyed him.
The story also reflects on how people in the 1920s usually were and
their lifestyles. Gatsby was a man who so desired to gain his love
back, who was Daisy, but after five years had lost her but now that he
is back, he is willing to shower her with his great parties and wealth in
order to impress her.
In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the events that
occur at the character Gatsby’s parties and at his funeral are used to
expose many of the negative morals the characters have. These are
representative of the morals that Fitzgerald thought the 1920’s held.
Through these events, and by depicting specific actions and behaviors,
Fitzgerald is able to show that the Roaring Twenties and the American
Dream were shallow and self-centered, with a lack of a unified society.