Gatsby Plot
I am the narrator (full name)
Nick Carraway
_____________ ended the Harlem Renaissance
The Great Depression
Comparison of two dissimilar things without using “like” or “as”
metaphor
Characterize the Modernist Worldview (i.e. how do people like Fitzgerald or Nick feel about the world around them?)
negative, disillusioned, sad, pessimistic
Name one of Langston Hughes Poems
"I, Too", "Mother to Son", "Harlem"
A pair of “careless people”
Tom and Daisy (jordan too..)
The Harlem Renaissance was started by the end of ___________.
WWI
An author’s attitude towards their subject, conveyed thru word choice
tone
Name one of the 5 characteristics of Modernism
Untraditional themes
understatement and irony
emphasis on the use of symbolism and imagery
experimenting with narrative structure
alienated individuals
Where do George and Myrtle live?
Valley of the Ashes
Explain the significance of the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelberg
God is always watching
The __________ refers to the moving of Black families up North after the answer to the $300 question
The Great Migration
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
personification
Instead of focusing on “Love,” Modernists focused on themes related to _____. (Think, how does Nick feel at the end of the novel?)
alienation
What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife?
Zelda
A major motif involves escaping the ___.
the past
The two key themes most Harlem Renaissance poems address
1. Black American pride/joy in identity
2. Showing/highlighting racism/injustice
Using sensory details to convey emphasis
imagery
Young people rebelled against ___________.
past/tradition
Finish the quote: “Can’t repeat the ___________? Of course you can!”
past
What does the green light symbolize?
Gatsby’s hope and/or infatuation with the past
Langston Hughes was interested in “reproducing the _________”
human soul/spirit
What is the formula for Theme?
Topic + author's opinion on topic
The experimentation in style/form reflects the ____ of society
fragmentation
Finish the quotation:
“Rich girls don’t marry ________”
poor boys