F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
• We will watch the
A&E Biography of F.
Scott Fitzgerald during
chapter 4.
• 1896-1940
• Born in Minnesota
• Major writer of the
Jazz Age in the 1920’s
Long Island Map –
Also see page 206 in our novel
Nick Carraway – the narrator
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A&E’s The Great Gatsby
AppearanceActionsThoughtscarraway seeds- Often
found in rye bread,
carraway seeds are
long, narrow, and have
hard, brown shells.
Daisy Buchanan
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Mia Farrow as Daisy
AppearanceActionsThoughtsdaisies – flowers,
usually white
considered simple but
beautiful
Tom Buchanan
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
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Robert Redford as Gatsby
AppearanceActionsThoughtsgaspiller (v.) French
word meaning “to
waste.”
Jordan Baker
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great
Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
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AppearanceActionsThoughtsmyrtle- an evergreen
shrub with black
berries. Sacred to
Aphrodite
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle)
George Wilson
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
Cooperative Groups
• Cooperative Grouping Rubric –
– Yes, this is being graded.
Chapter 1 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll take a look the many
ways our narrator is characterized.
• Language Goal – We will read, write, listen,
and speak in cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Chapter 1 Character Study - Nick
What Nick says
Nick’s
Feelings
Professional
Information
Who he dislikes
What Nick
thinks
Father’s Advice
Who
Nick likes
What he does
Chapter 2 Goals
I spy…
• Content Goal – We’ll take
a look at how eyes are an
important symbol
throughout this novel and
track causes and effects in
this chapter.
• Language Goal – We will
read, write, listen, and
speak in cooperative
groups to understand the
text.
Ch 2 – Eyes Point of View
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
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Tom
Daisy
George Wilson
For each set of eyes, 1.)
how are they described
and 2.) what do they see
(what is their point of
view)
Which character’s eyes
are not described at all?
What do you think of
that?
Ch 2 – Cause and Effect
Tom’s party
Chapter 3 Goals
Authentic 1920’s Flappers
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at Gatsby’s
characterization and at
the extended metaphor
of careless drivers.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Chapter 3- Gatsby
Character Study
Predictions about him
Things he says
Likes
Secrets
Goals
Dislikes
Rumors
Actions
Chapter 3- Careless Drivers
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A metaphor is a __________________.
How are careless drivers mentioned and shown
in this chapter?
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4.
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What does this metaphor foreshadow? What hint
should characters take from these events and
conversations?
Chapter 4 Goals
Al Capone at the game.
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the role
of criminal activities
in this novel and
compare Nick and
Gatsby to our author.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Ch 4 – Compare/Contrast
Gatsby
Nick
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 4 Gangster Background
• Details of how in 1913 gangster Rosy Rosenthal
was killed in a hail of machinegun bullets as he
stepped outside the dining room of the old
Metropol Hotel, now the Casablanca, to become
the nation's first "drive-by shooting."
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id88.html
• Web site about Beansie Rosenthal murdered like
Rosy in chapter 4
http://crimemagazine.com/killercop.htm
More Background Info
• The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in
baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox
(later nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the
series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and
the extent to which each man was involved have always been
unclear. It was, however, front-page news across the country
and, despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the players
were banned from professional baseball for life. The eight
men included the great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson; pitchers Eddie
Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams; infielders Buck Weaver,
Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin, and Charles "Swede"
Risberg; and outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch.
http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/blacksox.html
• There are few excuses for the behavior of Jewish gangsters in the
1920s and 1930s. The best known Jewish gangsters – Meyer
Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Longy Zwillman, Moe Dalitz — were
involved in the numbers rackets, illegal drug dealing, prostitution,
gambling and loan sharking. They were not nice men. During the
rise of American Nazism in the 1930s and when Israel was being
founded between 1945 and 1948, however, they proved staunch
defenders of the Jewish people.
• The roots of Jewish gangsterism lay in the ethnic neighborhoods
of the Lower East Side; Brownsville, Brooklyn; Maxwell Street
in Chicago; and Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. Like other newly
arrived groups in American history, a few Jews who considered
themselves blocked from respectable professions used crime as a
means to "make good" economically. The market for vice
flourished during Prohibition and Jews joined with others to
exploit the artificial market created by the legal bans on alcohol,
gambling, paid sex and narcotics.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/gangsters.html
Gangsters Continued
• Raising the question about Jewish attitudes toward
Jewish criminals, Baumgarten observed that
almost no Jewish criminals appear in the serious
writing of major American Jewish writers. Yet
non-Jewish writers have not been so diffident. In
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," he said,
Arnold Rothstein, fictionalized as Meyer
Wolfsheim, fixes the 1919 World Series.
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0/module/displaystory/story_id/10121/edition_id/19
3/format/html/displaystory.html
Now, what’s the point?
Quick Writes-Pair-Share
• What is the author’s purpose (LT08) for
including historically accurate information
about Gatsby’s criminal dealings?
• What is the point of making Gatsby a
criminal?
• How many heroes can you think of who are
the “bad guy?”
Chapter 5 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the role
of wealth in this novel:
who has it, who wants
it, and what people
will do to get it.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Chapter 5 – Signs of Wealth
Nouveau Riche:
Old Money:
Conspicuous Consumption:
Chapter 6 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the
similarities and
differences between
Tom and Jay.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Chapter 6 Compare/Contrast
Tom
Gatsby
Chapter 7 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at cause
and effect in this
pivotal chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Broadway in 1920’s – see the eyes?
Chapter 7 Flow Chart –
Cause & Effect
Tom!
Chapter 8 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the plot
sequence of this
dramatic chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Toby Stephens played Gatsby in the A&E movie
Chapter 8- Cliffhanger
How does chapter 8
begin?
What happens
during chapter 8?
How does
chapter 8 end?
Ch 8 – Wheel of Guilt
Take a Spin!
Myrtle
Daisy
Gatsby
Wilson
Jordan
Tom
Nick
Chapter 9 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at how our
opinions of characters
have changed and
why.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Ch 9 –Opinions in Decline:
Why do we learn to dislike each character?
Tom
Jordan
Nick
Daisy
Why do we learn to like
Gatsby more than ever?
Meyer
Wolfsheim
COE
LC01- unattainable goals
LC02- summarize steps Gatz took to become Gatsby
LC03- predict would Gatsby be happy with Daisy
LA05- How do illegal activities contribute to the
conflict?
LA06- c/c Tom and Gatsby
LA07- c/e Who kills Gatsby and why? Chain of
events
LT08- author’s purpose
LT09- Is Gatsby’s decision to obsess about Daisy all
his life a good idea?
LT10- What conclusion can a reader draw about
Daisy and Tom?