April 2nd, 2014
PowerPoint courtesy of Flor Rojas
Get out your journals as you walk into class.
Today we’ll be:
Reading our eulogies to the class.
Writing in our writer’s notebooks.
Splitting into groups and starting our Body
Biographies assignment (due Friday, but you’ll given
time to work on it for a bit in class)
When you leave you’ll:
Be
better at giving meanings to characters and
settings, based on their traits and characteristics.
Know why characters and settings instill certain
conflicts in the story.
Be better prepared for the character/setting analysis
essay (will be assigned Friday).
Writer’s Notebook
Please choose one the prompts below to respond to:
1. How have we seen these ideas represented in the novel?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Social Class/ Social Mobility
Honesty/Dishonesty
Use/Misuse of Technology
Setting affecting conflict
Responsibility or Irresponsibility
Morality/Immorality
2. What’s your opinion on how Nick dealt with the situations he
was in? Do you think he was right? What do you think he
should have done?
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
• “you live in West
Egg...You must know
Gatsby” (15)
• “He was a German
spy during the war”
(48)
• His mansion is a
“factual imitation of
some Hôtel de Ville in
Normandy” (9)
• “He was in the
American army
during the war” (48)
• “He’s a
bootlegger...One time
he killed a man who
had found out that he
was the nephew to von
Hindenburg and
second cousin to the
devil” (65)
• “I am the son of some
wealthy people in the
middle-west – all dead
now. I was brought up
in America but
educated at Oxford
because all my
ancestors have been
educated there for
many years. It is a family
tradition” (69)
• “I’ll bet he killed a
man” (48)
• “This fella’s a regular
Belasco” (50)
“Gatsby the Enigma”
• “I was in the Seventh
Infantry until June
nineteen-eighteen”
(52)
Body Biographies
 What


A visual, written, and symbolic representation of a
character and/or setting
We will be depicting the character and setting
through art and creativity
 Why



is a body biography?
are we doing this?
To review significant events, choices, and changes
involving specific characters and settings
To communicate to your audience the meaning of
your character or setting by emphasizing traits they
posses.
To encourage discussion about character and setting
representation, and how they create conflict.
Assignments
Ace:
Nick
Carraway
2: Daisy Buchanan
3: Tom Buchanan
4: Jordan Baker
5: Myrtle Wilson
6: The Valley of
Ashes
7:
The Buchanan
House
8: Gatsby’s
Mansion
9: Myrtle’s
Apartment
Brief Directions
1.
You will be divided into groups according to your
assigned character or setting from The Great
Gatsby.
1.
Your group will be given a sheet of butcher paper
a.
2.
Groups will be given a list of required elements.
a.
3.
Each group is expected to visually and symbolically
represent the assigned character or setting
These elements must be on the poster
Be creative!
Required Elements
 Heart-
What represents the heart of the person?
Where should it be placed to identify what the
person loves the most? What should it look like:
shape, color, pictures, or symbols to include?
 Eyes- Where is this person’s focus? What does this
person see?
 Spine-What motivates this person the most? What
gives them strength?
 Hands- What does this person hold in their handsliteral and figurative?
 Feet- On what foundation is this person standing?
What are their fundamental life beliefs?
 Background-
What elements make up this person’s
environment or background?
 Mirror/mirror- Display this inside a mirror. How does
this character see him/her self? How is this different
from the way that others see the character?
Display this outside of the mirror.
 Quotes-Two quotes by or about this character that
you feel represents them best.
For the Settings:
 Background-
What elements make up the
environment or background of the setting?
 The Locals- What characters live here? What kinds
of people live here? What do they look like? What
do they wear? What are some rules to live by in this
setting? What jobs do most of the locals have?
 Landmark- What item, object, or thing represents
this setting the best? Why?
 Motto- What is this setting best known for?
 Quotes-Two quotes by or about this setting that you
feel represents it best.
Some Considerations
 Placement-
Carefully choose the placement of
your text and artwork. For example, the area where
your character’s heart should be might be
appropriate for illustrating the important
relationships within their life.
 Color- Colors are often symbolic. What color(s) do
you most associate with your character or setting?
Why? How can you effectively work these colors
into your poster?
 Symbols- What objects can you associate with your
character /setting that illustrates their essence? Are
there objects mentioned within the text itself that
you could use? If not choose objects that
especially seem to correspond with the character
or setting.