GATSBY FINAL ASSESMENT by ALYSSA Chase https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta Made with swagger en-us 2019-06-05 14:16:06 UTC 2019-06-13 00:16:01 UTC hello@padlet.com GREAT GATSBY FINAL achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861018 Alyssa Chase]]> 2019-06-05 14:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861018 Characterization achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861667 Nick:
Nick is very reserved and nothing like the people surrounding them, “[he] inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to [him] and also made [him] the victim of not a few veteran bores” (page 1). Nick is a very simple man, whereas the poeple surrounding him are all very materialistic and worried greatly about money, he enjoys to "walk in the park" whereas others wouldn't (chapter 2).
Gatsby:
Gatsby is a wealthy young man living in a mansion in West Egg “who represented everything for which [Nick] have an unaffected scorn” (page 2). He goes along living has Jay Gatsby with all of this money that no one knows how it was aquired. As the book progresses it is revealed that his real name is James Gatz, who was born on a farm. Where later in his life had dedicated his living to becoming wealthy.
Daisy:
Daisy is Nick's cousin who is married to a very wealthy man, also who happens to be the love of Gatsby's life hes dedicated his wealth to. When they were young the two had fallen in great love but were seperated, and after 5 years Daisy had moved on.She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity.
Tom:
Tom is the rich husband of Daisy who was built from his solid old family. Tom had been cheating on Daisy with a lower class women named Myrtle, he "was… aggressively forward” and incredibly arrogant (page 7). Tom is only worried about himself, and is very sexist, while hes been cheated for ages on Daisy the moment he learns of her affair with Gatsby he loses his mind and forces a confrontation between them.
]]> 2019-06-05 14:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861667 Setting: Impact on meaning achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861916 EAST EGG:
East Egg is a representation of "old money", the ones who are born into their wealth. Unlike the ones on the opposite side who had to work in order to make their money.]]> 2019-06-05 14:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365861916 Character Foil achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365862780 Daisy Buchanan, a flapper, very fashionable and materialistic. She is married to a wealthy man, Tom Buchanan. Myrtle Wilson, a lower class women who is very greedy and only has a want for money. The two women are very similar in a way as they both have a want, as well as a major focus for just money. Yet at the same time you can see the obvious differences between them, Daisy is married into wealth and has the apperance of a wealthy women, where as Myrtle is married to a lower class worker, living amonst the valley of ashes.]]> 2019-06-05 14:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365862780 Symbols achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863024 Green Light:
The green light symbolizes Gatsby’s love for Daisy, money, and the American Dream.

Valley of Ashes:
The Valley of Ashes represents the debris left in the rouse of the wealthy.]]> 2019-06-05 14:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863024 Loaded Scenes achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863174 First Scene: Gatsby's and Daisy's Date
This is a crucial scene because the five year silence between Gatsby and Daisy has finally been broken. Also, Gatsby breaks Nick's mantle clock, representing that he believes he can stop time and restore their relationship to its state before the war.
Second Scene: Myrtle's Death
This scene is crucial to the text as it acts as the resolution to the conflict and climax. When Tom's mistress, Myrtle, is killed,  there is nothing holding his and Daisy's relationship back. Although it was Daisy that struck Myrtle, Gatsby took the blame for her actions, which ultimately cost him his life. ]]> 2019-06-05 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863174 Central Idea: achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863570 The American Dream is ultimately unatainable.
The dream of living a perfect life, being wealthy and having the love of your life by yourside is not as easy at it may seem. Gatsby may have had all the money, although it is illegally obtained, yet the chance he was about to get Daisy she was lost. Lost for the same reason he gained the money, his bootlegging involvement. ]]> 2019-06-05 14:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863570 Major Theme achase10 https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863612 A major theme that is in the book is The American Dream, the desire to be rich and succesesful is at the root to Gatsby's urge to reunite with Daisy. Gatsby wanting this so much he even gets involved with bootlegging business which is the reason he's rich enough for Daisy. Also being the reason he loses her when Tom reveals this to her in chapter 7, how he was selling "grain alcohol over the counter" (page 133).  ]]> 2019-06-05 14:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/achase10/4aneu7blzbta/wish/365863612