James Gatz by Daniel Beyer https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii en-us 2019-03-20 19:27:48 UTC 2019-04-01 20:11:59 UTC hello@padlet.com "His parents were 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344364677 2019-03-22 19:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344364677 shiftless and 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365066 2019-03-22 19:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365066 unsuccessful farm people- his imagination had never really accepted them as parents at all"(Fitzgerald 98). 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365248 2019-03-22 19:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365248 He left, unsatisfied. 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365762 2019-03-22 19:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344365762 "It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants,"(Fitzgerald 98). 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344366654 2019-03-22 19:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344366654 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344367232 2019-03-22 19:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344367232 but 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344367442 2019-03-22 19:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344367442 it was an illusion, 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344368196 2019-03-22 19:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344368196 a mirage, an "advertisement of the man, "(Fitzgerald 119). 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344368633 2019-03-22 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344368633 Jay Gatsby 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369363 2019-03-22 19:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369363 "that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent"(Fitzgerald 98). 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369732 2019-03-22 19:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369732 It was Jay Gatsby Who would obtain his idea of perfection and the affection of Daisy. 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369899 2019-03-22 19:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344369899 Until, 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344370705 2019-03-22 19:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344370705 " “Jay Gatsby” had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice, and the long secret extravaganza was played out"(Fitzgerald 148). 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344371108 2019-03-22 19:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344371108 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344371775 2019-03-22 19:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344371775 Gatz had learned that not everything was obtainable, especially not the past. A lesson that Gatsby NEVER acknowledged. 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344372567 2019-03-22 19:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344372567 For Gatsby time was a 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344374537 2019-03-22 19:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344374537 that was following closely behind and constantly moving forward. While he hopelessly tried to climb over it. 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344375445 2019-03-22 19:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344375445 He tried everything from selling alcohol during prohibition to throwing lavish parties. But in the end never repeated the past he held so dearly. 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344376058 2019-03-22 19:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344376058 Gatsby's search for the unobtainable 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344377148 I think that Gatsby's search is a reflection of how people can get caught up in their idea of perfection and past feelings. I believe he is telling us that it is dangerous to do so and that in doing so we will be stuck in an infinite journey to never reach our destination. This can be seen on the final page in the book when Nick says,  "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us... we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past(Fitzgerald 180). The story of Chirs Mccandless relates to contrasts to Gatsby's search in interesting ways. Chris left everything behind in a search for "truth" while Gatsby started off unsatisfied with what he had and left for a search to gain more. They both become entranced in an idea, truth in Chris's case, and an idea of a moment in the past in Gatsby's case. Some could argue that Chris reached his destination but both of them were consumed by their search for it.  ]]> 2019-03-22 20:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344377148 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344414354 2019-03-23 02:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344414354 2065011 https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344414410 2019-03-23 02:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2065011/6tkrl8lgypii/wish/344414410