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Rewrite the given quote.
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Stories create alternative worlds in which characters live out imaginary situations. They help us better understand the real world we live in. In this way we grow from the experiences.
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What does the author means by "framing skills/capabilities"
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I believe that the author is trying to tell us to make morally correct decisions.
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Write about something in your book that has improved your judgement of real, unimagined situations.
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I feel like I look at the pursuit of dreams differently after reading the book. Yes going after your dream is important, but you must stay realistic.
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How are stories used in educational settings nowadays?
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Through imaginary situations we can see what certain choices lead to.
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What is “causal determinism”?
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Roughly speaking, the idea that every event is necessitated by antecedent events and conditions together with the laws of nature.
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How are do stories help us to act as a counterbalance to “causal determinism”?
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They help us to understand the idea that there is only a set path to follow. The causal reasoning that is part of framing makes us focus on a particular causal dynamic.
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How did JFK use stories to improve his strategy related to the Cuban missile crisis?
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He wrote down and considered all the alternative outcomes, just  like within a story.
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According to cognitive scientists, notably Ruth Byrne at Trinity College Dublin, why are stories so helpful?
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The study suggests that counterfactuals are helpful because they remind us of options, broadening rather than deepening our focus.
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Explain the 5 benefits of stories below, in your own words to show understanding.
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- We become more aware and knowledgeable.
- We learn to apply this knowledge to new situations.
- We become better casual thinkers.
- We narrow down the options we have and better consider them.
- We gain a sense of purpose from stories.
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In a nutshell, explain why our ability, as humans, to tell and understand stories gives us an advantage over technology'.
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Creating a narrative that is easier to understand allows technology companies to bring forth understandable and memorable ideas. Stories themselves combine ideas, data and create new connections.

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What did the characters learn?
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This is quite a difficult question to answer but I believe the characters learned to not chase after the past.
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How did they grow and change?
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They grew more angry and cautions. They began being more weary of "new money" people which isn't necessarily a good thing but it was an important change.
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Why did characters act the way they acted?
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They learned quite a bit from Gatsby himself and therefore began to change. They began acting different due to Gatsby's experience.
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What's the difference at the end of the story?
What stays with you after the story is over?
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What are the main themes?
What do you think the message about the themes are?

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When and where was your text written?
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Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby" in 1925. He started writing the book on Long Island though it was mainly written in France.

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Out of what context did this text (novel) emerge?
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The book emerges from a historical context. The Roaring Twenties sometimes called the Jazz Age in which the book was set in.
(to be continued...)
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How do you think your text was influenced by this?
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The author used the atmosphere and idea of the 1920 NYC to allow the reader to better imagine the world the characters are living in. This points the reader back to understanding context.
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What can we learn?
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Throughout this book we can see the use of History and facts while creating a imaginary situation. We can learn to use rich history and bend it to our will while writing and creating stories.

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How does the meaning and impact of a text change over time?
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Different people reading the text have different interpretations. We can understand the book in different ways. When retelling the book, or writing a review on it we automatically set a stone for a future reader, meaning that  they may read the text with your ideas in mind. This constant link carries on through many years and alters our view of a certain text (book).
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How do texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?
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We use stories and storytelling as a way to discover and learn new things. We tell stories from generation to generation and over time certain things simply integrate into our lives and become general practices.
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How does language represent social distinctions and identities?
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We are born into a family and community which speaks and writes a certain language. We can be distinguished by the language we speaks and it becomes a part of our identity.

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How important is a cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a text?
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-Extremely important. Historical context makes the text (book) appear more real, lively and people tend to gather a more vivid idea in their head of may be happening or is going to happen.
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How do we approach texts from different times and cultures to our own?
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Humans have always had a very wide imagination, so I think the obvious answer would be to imagine and almost compare the set time of the book to the current time.
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To what extent do texts offer insight into another culture?
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The age of the language used in the text, the descriptions, the dialogue. All of these specific little details allow us as readers to imagine the culture and world in which our characters live.

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Jordan Baker
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Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered.

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Tom Buchanan
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Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully.'

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Nick Carraway
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The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business.

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Daisy Buchanan
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In the novel, Daisy is depicted as a married woman with a daughter. She is characterized as a person who tends to smash things up and then hide behind her money.

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What are "themes" in a novel?
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-Themes can be described as abstract ideas which appear in novels and can be conveyed through characters, setting, plot or a combination of all.

How can we work out what they are?
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-You should first know the main plot of the novel. Then the primary conflict.

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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The atmosphere brings up many memories of the summer months for the reader. There is mention of fluttering dresses and cocktails. One of the characters is described as wearing a riding outfit which also indicates that the weather is warm.

Through this first-person narrative technique, Fitzgerald is able to show much of his own insight by having Nick explain much of his own opinions about certain aspects of life.
One important characteristic about Fitzgerald’s style is his constant use of adjectives in almost every sentence as a way to create concrete pictures appealing to the senses, by the employment of adjectives (imagery)

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The beginning of the  book, or as far as we have read is written in first person. This allows the reader relate to the story a little more, and have a better understanding of the world which the book is set in.

The words used to describe the setting are not ones you would use every day. Therefore they are more interesting and attract the reader. Moreover the language is very rich and varied.