Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Study Notes: Characters, Discussion Questions, and Vocabulary, Slides of Voice

Download Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Study Notes: Characters, Discussion Questions, and Vocabulary and more Slides Voice in PDF only on Docsity! Aim 56 ­ The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook 1 March 20, 2019 TOPIC: Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies TOPIC: Introduction to The Great Gatsby Aim #56: How can we use close reading skills to improve comprehension of The Great Gatsby? Do Now: Complete vocabulary handout Homework Gatsby chapter 7 study guide questions - Due Friday 3/22 Aim 56 - The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook March 20, 2019 Name Date English 11 Mr. Clark The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Use the following vocabulary words to complete each sentence: (each word is used only once) corroborate - to make certain; confirm complacency - A feeling of quiet pleasure or security; a friendly civility: inclination to please elude - To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; to escape the understanding: evade exultation - Lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory feign - To represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of garrulous - Excessive talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about unimportant matters 1) The deer was “AS lu d 2 the hunters by hiding in the brush.) 2) The young boy VS NAN (ea) sickness so he could slay home from school. 3) nt ow chy ly account of the accident and repeated exactly what I said. 4) The young girl’s bout shoes gave me a headache. 2 The aerated XV Ad Mer tine home team Qa een ene Con 6) The lazy man remained unemployed due to his ome Ow 4 and to find a new job. Aim 56 - The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook March 20, 2019 Name Date Great Gatsby Vocabulary Use the following vocabulary words to complete each sentence: (each word is used only once) colossal - great in size extemporizing - spur of the moment; without planning recede - to move away; retreat supercilious - a disdainful facial expression vacuous - lacking in ideas or intelligence . 4 \) aw 1) The candidate resorted lecture for several minutes while he fumbled through his suit seeking his prepared speech. : \ yu 2) It's strange how Lynda is humble and modest with me but snaty ano e v Ct A 6 AS toward her coworkers. She thinks she is better than everyone else. yr DIOS was able to sinkthe ship with swipe ofits tal, 4) re a closely at George's hair, you can see where his hairline has started to VEER CE newearsatatinanatenptto cover phish less vw) 5) Bored with thw q ( Ww hatter at the party, Mitchell went home and read a book. Aim 56 - The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook March 20, 2019 Name Date English C D Q SINS Mr. Clark Greal Gulsby Charucler Map HE GREAT GATSBY Chari ee 3 mPs.¢ ow vicl, dane Aim 56 ­ The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook 7 March 20, 2019 TOPIC: Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1) Why does Nick Carraway come to the East? Nick comes to the East to get into the bond business. "-so I decided to go East and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man" (3). 2) Why do Daisy and Tom invite Nick to dinner? Daisy and Tom invite Nick to dinner because he is newly home from the war and is first cousins with Daisy. Nick is also single, and is invited to meet their friend Jordan who is also single. While at dinner Tom brags about the property he owns and describes the differences between East and West Egg. "I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy was my second cousin once removed, and I'd known Tom in college. And just after the war I spent two days with them in Chicago" (5). 3) Pay attention to time. What is the day and the year during the first scene at Daisy's house? It is somewhere between June 6 - 8, 1922. Daisy notes that in two weeks it will be the longest day of the year. "In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year." She looked at us radiantly. " Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it" (11) 4) What facts do we learn about Nick Carraway in the introductory section of the novel? What inferences can we make about him? What kind of narrator do you think he will be? We learn that Nick is from the midwest and comes from money. He attended Yale and is very bright. Nick is reserved and the changing times of the "roaring Twenties" are very new to him. Nick seems like an honest man who will be a reliable narrator. 5) What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean? Fitzgerald has Nick see Jordan Baker as balancing something on the tip of her chin. "She was extended full length at the end of the divan, completely motionless, and with her chin raised a little, as if she were balancing something on it which was likely to fall" (8). This "upturned chin" symbolizes the disdain of upper classes for anyone but themselves. 6) How does Daisy respond to the phone calls from Tom's "woman in New York"? After the phone rings Tom is called away by the butler. At first, Daisy ignores it but her curiousity gets the better of her and she eventually goes back into the house. She returns with Tom but appears "rattled" playing it off by remaining in high spirits. Eventually, Daisy discloses to Nick, "well, i've had a very bad time, Nick, and i'm pretty cynical about everything" (16). It is clear that Daisy is aware of her husbands indiscretions but chooses to do nothing about it. 7) What does Tom's behavior reveal about his character? Tom's behavior reveals that he is a racist, abusive, and arrogant person; he thinks that he can take advantage of and bully others because of his wealth and intimidating size. well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be - will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's all been proved" (12 - 13). 8) Describe the homes of Nick, Gatsby and the Buchanans. Include quotes for each! How does the home reflect the personality of its owner? Nick's home is referred to as a "weathered, cardboard bungalow." It falls short in comparison to the mansion next to him. This is representative of Nick because like his house, he is an average guy who is not very exciting. "He found a house, a weather-beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month" (3) The Buchanan's home is over the top and appears expensive. It appears superficial like the Buchanan's relationship. "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay" (6). Gatsby's mansion is a reflection of his larger than life personality. It reflects his social position in the upper class. However, although Gatsby come from new money, their are traits to suggest he wants to appear from old money. "It was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden" (5). 9) When Nick leaves the Buchanan's home, he is "confused and a little disgusted." Why? From the moment Nick enters the house up until he leaves, Nick seems out of place and a bit aloof. The conversations that take place are about people he does not know, Jordan acts like he does not exist, and the atmosphere creates a surreal experience for him. We can infer that Nick brings his Midwestern values into the story and the manner in which these easterner act bothers him." Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely rich - nevertheless, I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away" (20). 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Meyer Walfatie ster ‘mbhed in bey and Tah hub Series. 10 Aim 56 ­ The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook 11 March 20, 2019 TOPIC: Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies The Great Gatsby Characters Nick Carraway The story's narrator. Nick rents the small house next to Gatsby's mansion in West Egg and, over the course of events, helps Gatsby reunite with Daisy (who happens to be Nick's cousin). Nick's Midwestern sensibility finds the East an unsettling place, and he becomes disillusioned with how wealthy socialites like the Buchanans lead their lives. Jay Gatsby The protagonist who gives his name to the story. Gatsby is a newly wealthy Midwesterner-turned-Easterner who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. His quest for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved and, eventually, to death. Daisy Buchanan Beautiful and mesmerizing, Daisy is the apex of sociability. Her privileged upbringing in Louisville has conditioned her to a particular lifestyle, which Tom, her husband, is able to provide her. She is the object of Gatsby's desire, for good or ill, and represents women of an elite social class. Tom Buchanan Daisy's hulking brute of a husband. Tom comes from an old, wealthy Chicago family and takes pride in his rough ways. He commands attention through his boisterous and outspoken (even racist) behavior. He leads a life of luxury in East Egg, playing polo, riding horses, and driving fast cars. He is proud of his affairs and has had many since his marriage. Myrtle Wilson is merely the woman of the moment for Tom. Jordan Baker Professional golfer of questionable integrity. Friend of Daisy's who, like Daisy, represents women of a particular class. Jordan is the young, single woman of wealth, admired by men wherever she goes. She dates Nick casually, but seems offended when he is the first man not to fall for her charms. Although she is savvy, she comes off as somewhat shallow in her approach to life. George Wilson Myrtle's unassuming husband. He runs a garage and gas station in the valley of ashes and seems trapped by his position in life. Eventually, he finds out about his wife's double life and his response to it helps drive her to her death. Myrtle Wilson Married lover of Tom Buchanan. Myrtle serves as a representative of the lower class. Through her affair with Tom she gains entrée into the world of the elite, and the change in her personality is remarkable. She conducts a secret life with Tom, wherein she exhibits all the power and dominance she finds lacking in her everyday life. She eventually suffers a tragic end at the hands of her lover's wife. Meyer Wolfshiem Gatsby's business associate and link to organized crime. A professional gambler, Wolfshiem is attributed with fixing the 1919 World Series. Wolfshiem helped build Gatsby's fortune, although the wealth came through questionable means. Owl Eyes - The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby‛s mansion. Nick finds Owl Eyes looking through Gatsby‛s library, astonished that the books are real. Ewing Klipspringer Convivially known as Gatsby's "boarder." Klipspringer is a quintessential leech, a representative of the people who frequented Gatsby's partys. Aim 56 ­ The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook 12 March 20, 2019 TOPIC: Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies The Great Gatsby Characters Aim 56 ­ The Great Gatsby Chapter 7.notebook 15 March 20, 2019 TOPIC: Introduction to 8th Grade Social Studies Chapter 7 Discussion Questions 1) Nick becomes very concerned about Gatsby due to the changes Gatsby has made in his lifestyle. What changes has he made? Why did he make them? Nick becomes concerned with Gatsby's new behavior because of the many changes that have taken place at his home. No longer are there any more wild parties or bright lights that shine across the bay. Gatsby fired all of his servants and replaced them with a half dozen new ones. " My Finn informed me that Gatsby had dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others..." (114). We learn that Gatsby made these changes because Daisy visits him quite often. 2) Explain why Gatsby looks at Daisy's child "with surprise." Gatsby looks at Daisy's child "with surprise" because the idealized version he has of her in his mind makes her more than human. "Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before" (117). In reality, Daisy is a very negligent parent who only attends to her daughter when it is convenient for her. Gatsby may realize that because of Daisy's daughter she may not leave Tom. 3) What startling discovery does Tom make shortly after lunch? Tom discovers that Daisy and Gatsby clearly have feelings for one another. "She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago" (119). 4. How does Daisy reveal to Tom that she is in love with Gatsby? Tom realizes that something is going on between Gatsby and Daisy. Later, in a hotel room, Daisy reveals her feelings for Gatsby but is unable to renounce her feelings for Tom. Tom doesn't believe that the feelings between Gatsby and Daisy are real and exposes Gatsby's lies in an attempt to break them apart. "Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "I love you now - isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once - but I loved you too" (132). 5) Why does Wilson lock his wife up before he takes her West? Wilson locks up his wife when he discovers her infidelity. He made her a prisoner and locked her up in an upstairs bedroom. He knew that he had reached a point in their marriage that she would leave him. Myrtle always thought that George was never good enough but had always stayed. George has not yet linked Tom with Myrtle, he cannot face her and plans on running away from the issue. 6) Compare George Wilson and Tom. What did each man learn about his wife, and how do they each react? When Tom learned that his wife was in a relationship with Gatsby, he tried to find out as much information as he could. Once he found out the truth about Gatsby, he exposes him in front of Daisy. George on the other hand acts differently. When he learns about the affair, he decides that the problem can be solved by the two of them moving out west. 7) What does Gatsby mean when he says that Daisy's voice is "full of money"? Why does Fitzgerald put those words in Gatsby's mouth and not Nick's? Gatsby notes that Daisy's voice is full of money meaning she has never wanted anything because everything has always been provided for her. Fitzgerald puts these words in Gatsby's mouth because he recognizes old money and unlike Tom and Daisy, Gatsby had to work for his fortune. 8) What driving arrangements are made for the trip to the city? Why? Gatsby suggests that everyone ride in his car. However, Tom suggests that Gatsby can take his car and Tom will drive Gatsby's car. He tries to take Daisy with him but she refuses, telling him to take Nick and Jordan and she will go with Gatsby. It is obvious that Daisy is flaunting her relationship with Gatsby right in Tom's face. Tom has no right to get jealous as he is having an affair with Myrtle. "She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand. Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfimiliar gears tentatively, and we shot off into the oppressive heat, leaving them out of sight behind" (121). 9) Why does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom that she NEVER loved him? Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him because it is important to Gatsby. In his mind, he believes that the love between him and Daisy five years before was so strong that she could never love another man. Although Daisy does reach a point where she has to choose between Tom and Gatsby, she tells Tom that she never loved him but then turns on Gatsby. "I love you now - isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once - but I loved you too" (132). 10) How does Daisy react to the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby and the revelation about Gatsby's occupation? Daisy refuses to listen to Gatsby after she discovers his sordid past and refuses to say that she never loved Tom. Gatsby is unable to recapture the Daisy he once knew as she no longer exists. "I glanced at Daisy, who was staring terrified between Gatsby and her husband, and at Jordan, who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin" (134). Daisy asks to go home with Tom. 11) What tragedy occurs at the end of this chapter? Clarify each character's involvement in the tragedy. We find out that Myrtle Wilson has been hit by a car and died. We learn from the young Greek, Michaelis that she ran out in the road during a fight with her husband and was struck by a green car. Nick surmises that the car was Tom's car and presumes that Gatsby was the driver. "I'm a friend of his." Tom turned his head but kept his hands firm on Wilson's body. "He says he knows the car that did it...It was a yellow car" (140). However, Daisy was the driver. 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