The Great
Gatsby
Objectives, Skills, Etc.
Chapter I
Narrator and Point of View
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Narrator and Point of View
Today’s Schedule
• Recap previous work with Fitzgerald-esque themes
• Notes on types of narration
• First vs. Third person
• Pros and cons
• Read Ch. 1
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Narrator and Point of View
• The narrator is the person who relates the events of
a story to a reader or audience.
• Point of view is the perspective from which a story
is told. The point of view from which a story is told
determines how the reader interprets the story and
understands the characters.
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Narrator and Point of View
Three major types of Point of View
First Person: narrator is a character in the story; uses
the first person “I”
Third Person Limited: narrator does not participate in
the action of the story; relates the thoughts and
feelings of only one character
Third Person Omniscient: narrator does not
participate in the action of the story; relates the
thoughts and feelings of all the characters
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Narrator and Point of View
• The Great Gatsby is told from the first person point
of view.
• The story is told by narrator Nick Carraway, and he
uses the first person pronouns “I,” “me,” and “my” to
help convey events.
• What are the pros and cons of first person
narrative?
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Narrator and Point of View
• The Great Gatsby is told from the first person point
of view.
• The story is told by narrator Nick Carraway, and he
uses the first person pronouns “I,” “me,” and “my” to
help convey events.
• What are the pros and cons of first person
narrative?
Chapter II
Setting
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of setting
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s work on narration
• Initial impressions of Nick Carroway
• Notes on Setting
• What commonalities should we
expect too see in this Fitzgerald
work?
• Read Ch. 2
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of setting
The setting is made up of the following key aspects:
• Time
• Location
• The people living there
• The culture
• The history
Based on our studies of Fitzgerald and his other works,
what should we consider in this text?
Chapter III
Characterization
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze characterization in Gatsby
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s reading and work on setting
• Notes on characterization
• Direct and indirect
• Read Ch. 3
• Finish for homework
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze characterization in Gatsby
• Characterization is the technique by which authors
develop characters.
• Direct characterization is when the author or
narrator tells the reader what the character is
like.
• “Jennifer is a good student.”
• Indirect characterization is when the author gives
information about a character and allows the
reader to draw his or her own conclusions about
that character.
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze characterization in Gatsby
There are two ways we can learn about a character
through Indirect Characterization
• A character’s own thoughts, feelings and actions.
• “On her way to class after lunch, Susan saw some trash on
the ground that wasn’t hers. She decided to pick it up
anyway, and threw it in the trash can.”
• Interactions with other characters— the reader
witnesses how characters interact and what they
say about each other.
• “Lacy said, ‘Julie seems to not care about her school work
anymore. It’s as if she is distracted or concerned about
something. What do you think?’ ‘I don’t know, but it is
certainly unlike her to get bad grades,’ Jazmine replied.
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze characterization in Gatsby
Stories that are narrated in the first person can be
confusing when you are finding direct quotes.
Because The Great Gatsby is narrated in the first
person by Nick, all direct characterization will also be
Nick’s interpretation and opinion.
As discussed with Day One, there are pros and cons
to this
Chapter IV
Foreshadowing and Predictions
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze foreshadowing and predicting
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s work on characterization
• Direct vs. Indirect
• Notes on foreshadowing and predicting
• Use characterization to do so
• Read Ch. 4
• Study for quiz
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze foreshadowing and predicting
• Foreshadowing: hints and clues of events to occur
later in the plot.
• Used in order to build suspense and make a
story more interesting
• Prediction: an educated guess, as to what will
happen next based on these hints or clues
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze foreshadowing and predicting
“No—Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed
on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams
that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows
and short-winded elations of men.” (Nick, as narrator)
Summary:
Prediction:
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze foreshadowing and predicting
“No—Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed
on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams
that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows
and short-winded elations of men.” (Nick, as narrator)
Summary: Gatsby turned out to be a decent person in Nick’s eyes. What
ended up bothering Nick were the cruel people and sad events that took
place surrounding Gatsby, making him sick and tired of the people around
him.
Prediction: Something is going to happen to Gatsby, but he will turn out
okay. It seems like Nick will struggle with how to view him, though. Nick
will end up sick of people and hearing about their problems.
Chapter V
Symbolism
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of symbolism
Today’s Schedule
• Recap last week’s work on Gatsby
• Understanding Gatsby’s motives
• Notes on symbolism
• This may be one of the most
crucial aspects to Fitzgerald’s
writing
• Read Ch. 5
OBJECTIVE:
Identify symbolism
• Symbolism is the creative use of objects, or
symbols, to indicate a deeper meaning or to
represent something important.
What might each of the following represent?
• Dove
• The color red
• Night/darkness
• Heat
• Forest
• A broken watch
OBJECTIVE:
Identify symbolism
• It is important that we recognize the author’s
use of symbols to indicate a deeper
message in his or her work.
• Fitzgerald skillfully uses symbolism
throughout The Great Gatsby to create a
novel full of depth and significance.
Chapter VI
Figurative
Language
OBJECTIVE:
Identify figurative language
Today’s Schedule
• Recap previous work on Gatsby
• The importance of symbolism to Fitzgerald’s
writings
• Notes on figurative language
• Metaphors
• Similes
• Personification
• Read Ch. 5
OBJECTIVE:
Identify figurative language
There are several types of figurative language that
Fitzgerald utilizes, called figures of speech:
• metaphor - a comparison made between two seemingly
unlike objects: “the pillow was a cloud”
• simile - a comparison between two unlike objects using
the words “like” or “as” in the comparison: “the pillow was
like a marshmallow”
• personification - giving human qualities or
characteristics to non-human objects: “the wind sang its
sad song”
Chapter VII
Style
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze Fitzgerald’s style
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s work on Gatsby
• Understanding Gatsby’s motives
• Notes on author’s style
• This is the most difficult, but one
of the most important aspects to
analyzing literature
• Read Ch. 7
• Finish for HW
OBJECTIVE:
Identify traits of the author’s style
• Style is a literary technique used by an author to
create a piece of literature that reveals the author’s
uniqueness.
• Word choice, figurative language, imagery,
rhythm, sentence structure, foreshadowing,
symbolism, use of dialect, for example, all work
together to make an author’s writing distinctive.
• Very often, the time period in which an author
writes strongly influences his style.
OBJECTIVE:
Identify traits of the author’s style
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s uses symbolism, imagery, and
repetition of ideas and situations extensively.
He also uses these elements to show a process:
Nick struggling to make sense of the characters and
their complicated lives.
-Short, simple sentences
-Clear rhythm pattern
-plan, simple vocab
-Heightened vocab
-foreshadowing
-figurative language
-Symbolism
-repetition
-stream of consciousness
-Words sentences
-sensory images
-dialect
Chapter VIII
Lit
analyses
OBJECTIVE:
Understand organization of a welldeveloped paragraph for a lit analysis
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s work on Gatsby
• Understanding Gatsby’s motives,
as well as the climax of our story
• Introduction to lit analysis
• TIQA TIQA
• Read Ch. 8
• Recap the climax of the story!
• Prepare for the falling action
• Ahhhhhhhhhh!
OBJECTIVE:
Understand organization of a welldeveloped paragraph for a lit analysis
• A literary analysis is a type of essay that analyzes or
looks at a specific aspect of a piece of literature in
detail
• TIQA-TIQA is an acronym for a technique that you
can use in writing a literary analysis.
Possible ways to do this include analyzing characters,
theme(s), setting, symbolism, etc.
OBJECTIVE:
Understand organization of a welldeveloped paragraph for a lit analysis
For a well-developed body paragraph, you should have the following:
Topic sentence
Introduce quote: put quote into context (what’s going on in the story).
Quote: provide your direct/indirect quote - Yellow
Analyze: explain to the reader the importance of the quote and how it
supports your topic sentence –Pink Pink (at least two sentences to analyze
quote)
Transition (notice, this is a different ‘T’)
Introduce quote: put the next quote into context.
Quote: provide a second direct/indirect quote - Yellow
Analyze: explain to the reader the importance of the quote and how it
supports your topic sentence –Pink Pink (at least two sentences to analyze
quote)
Chapter IX
analysis of
Final
themes and
symbols
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze the entire text of Gatsby, looking
specifically at themes, symbols, and
characterization
Today’s Schedule
• Recap yesterday’s work on Gatsby
• Understanding motives of Gatsby,
Wilson, Daisy, etc.
• Review notes on themes and symbols
• Read the end of CH. 8
• Understand Gatsby’s downfall
• …and the holocaust was complete
• Finish the novel
Final reading guide due
TUESDAY
Today’s Breakfast is from
Devyn, Renee, Miranda, and
Kelsey
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze the entire text of Gatsby,
looking specifically at themes,
symbols, and characterization
Last class, we worked on writing well-developed
paragraphs for a literary analysis.
As you think about an essay topic, writing on theme(s)
or symbol(s) would be a great option.
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze the entire text of Gatsby,
looking specifically at themes,
symbols, and characterization
Reminder:
• Theme is the central idea or message in a work of literature.
• The theme of a piece of literature should not be confused with
the subject of the work: theme is a general statement about life
or human nature.
• A reader must take a good look at the entire novel: the title,
plot, characters, setting, and mood, which all work together to
reveal the themes in a piece of literature.
OBJECTIVE:
Analyze the entire text of Gatsby,
looking specifically at themes,
symbols, and characterization
• As mentioned in the symbolism activity from
Chapter Five, symbols are found throughout the
novel The Great Gatsby.
• One type of symbol that is particularly prevalent is
color.
• Colors have connotations, or additional meaning
associated with them.
• These connotations can be crucial in deciphering
the meaning and importance behind characters,
images, or objects.