Big Ideas
What character type is being referenced here?
"A character that changes over the course of the story."
Dynamic Character
Which part of plot is being referenced here?
"The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspence in a narrative; the point where tension is the greatest"
Climax
What is the American dream about?
A nobody (in the United States) can become a somebody through hard work and dedication.
Which of the character types is Gatsby?
A. Dynamic
B. Static
How do you know?
A. Static
Gatsby never loses his extraordinary gift for hope in the American dream.
There are two types of dynamic characters.
1. Characters that change gradually over the course of the story.
2. Characters that change suddenly because of a moment of realization.
What is this moment of realization called?
Epiphany
What movie is this quote from: "I'll be back"?
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Who are the three types of people who get to enjoy the American dream?
Which one was Gatsby?
1. People who work hard to achieve the American dream
2. People who take shortcuts to achieve the American dream (Gatsby)
3. People who inherit/marry into the American dream
What does the green light represent?
Green light = Gatsby's American dream = Daisy = Wealth and Status.
What is the third and most important function of setting in literature?
1. The setting establishes the tone and atmosphere of the story.
2. The setting provides readers with the context that the story takes place in.
3. The setting gives us insights into the chracters of a story.
What are the three types of external conflicts?
1. Character vs. Character
2. Character vs. Nature
3. Character vs. Society
What harsh truth does the Valley of Ashes tell us about the American dream?
An unspoken taboo of the American dream is that not everyone gets to participate in it.
What was the problem with Gatsby's dream?
Gatsby wanted things to go back to the way they were before with Daisy.
Gatsby was stuck in the past, while Daisy had already moved on.
An example of nonlinear storytelling that drops readers right into the action.
In Media Res
How long is a day on Jupiter?
A. 10 Hours
B. 48 Hours
C. 72 Hours
D. 128 Hours
A. 10 Hours
What important truth(s) do we learn about Gatsby's love of Daisy?
A. Gatsby is more in love with the idea of Daisy than he actually is with her.
B. Gatsby's love of Daisy is self-centered. His pursuit of Daisy is directly tied to the pursuit of wealth and status.
What makes Gatsby lose his greatness?
Before he meets Daisy, Gatsby is "godlike" in his ability to dream. After he meets Daisy, his American dream becomes centered on her. He is then transformed from a god to a mere mortal, as he becomes his end goal.
How long was the shortest war in history?
A. 1 hour and 24 minutes
B. 18 hours
C. 27 hours
D. 38 minutes
D. 38 minutes (Anglo-Zanzibar War)
An example of nonlinear storytelling that imitates the way that the human mind works.
Stream of consciousness
What makes Gatsby so great?
His imagination.
Gatsby is born into a family that does not get to participate in the American dream. He refuses to accept this because he has such a big imagination of himself and who he wants to be.
What do the eyes of Doctor Eckleburg represent?
They represent the condition of the working class in the Valley of Ashes. They are vacant and dim like the hopes of the people in the valley of ashes.
They represent the eyes of a God that see all but do not intervene. He does not step in because the people during this time have neglected him.