https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6 Made with a wish on a star en-us 2019-03-14 21:48:44 UTC 2026-01-14 20:13:04 UTC hello@padlet.com 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341552210 by Noah Lavy]]> 2019-03-14 21:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341552210 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341552316 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald is a story of symbolism. The most intriguing of which is Gatsby's chase for his American Dream. His American dream is winning over the heart of the woman he has loved since he met her, Daisy Buchanan. He tries using his extreme wealth to win her back. He throws extravagant parties and lavishing her with gifts, but it never works. Fitzgerald uses wealth to convey that the American dream is unattainable.]]> 2019-03-14 21:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341552316 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341555113 ""If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."]]> 2019-03-14 22:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341555113 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341555706 When Gatsby and Daisy are finally brought back together, the dream is gone. Once he had achieved what he had been chasing for so long was in his clutches, it was underwhelming. It had lost it's meaning and importance that it had to Gatsby for 5 years.]]> 2019-03-14 22:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341555706 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557074 "Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes – a fresh, green breast of the new world. "]]> 2019-03-14 22:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557074 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557198 The dutch sailor when he saw what came before was endless possibility, the same vision Gatsby had; But it is now forever unobtainable.]]> 2019-03-14 22:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557198 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557913 "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther..."]]> 2019-03-14 22:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341557913 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341558298 Gatsby believed that if he had improved himself enough then what he desired most would come to him; And if not today, then he'd work even harder to get it tomorrow]]> 2019-03-14 22:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341558298 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341559543 "Why they came East I don’t know. . . . I had no sight into Daisy’s heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game."]]> 2019-03-14 22:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341559543 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341559604 Although Tom is Gatsby's enemy, it shows the great similarity the share - They wish to relive the past. Tom dreams of reliving the football game, while Gatsby dreams of the path, both unobtainable.]]> 2019-03-14 22:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341559604 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341560516 "But eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under the sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground."]]> 2019-03-14 22:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341560516 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341560671 I believe the eyes represent the dreams of Tom and Gatsby. As the days go on, the impossibility of returning to the past show, but they continue to hold the dream together. They keep weathering the storm in hopes it won't elude them any longer.]]> 2019-03-14 22:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341560671 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341561565 Gatsby being shot]]> 2019-03-14 22:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341561565 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341561644 This scene is when Gatsby loses hope of winning over daisy. After being shot he looks across the water to Tom's house to find that there is no green light.]]> 2019-03-14 22:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341561644 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562128 As Gatsby is dying, he falls into the pool and the last word he says is "Daisy"]]> 2019-03-14 22:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562128 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562223 He knows that he has lost and the he couldn't achieve what he wanted most. In a final moment of desperation utters the word "Daisy", Hoping it wasn't true. He couldn't believe that after 5 years of chasing, it came to this.]]> 2019-03-14 22:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562223 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562818 After Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby's yellow car, Nick suggests that he flees from danger. Gatsby refuses saying that Daisy will call in the morning and they will make a decision]]> 2019-03-14 22:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341562818 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341563136 Even when his life is at risk, Gatsby won't leave Daisy. After working this hard and being this close to his American Dream, Gatsby won't let it slip away again. ]]> 2019-03-14 22:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341563136 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341569300 "He stretched his hand out desperately, as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him."]]> 2019-03-14 23:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341569300 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341569548 Even when he had just lost Daisy, he couldn't except that she was really gone. He reached out to the air in hopes to save even a piece of where she was. He dreamed of the past, he chased her then just as he does now.]]> 2019-03-14 23:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341569548 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341570099 "I'm going to drain the pool today, Mr. Gatsby. Leaves'll start falling pretty soon, and then there's always trouble with the pipes."
"Don't do it today"]]> 2019-03-14 23:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341570099 20nlavy https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341570390 This brief exchange foreshadows Gatsby's outcome. This is similar to not wanting to leave after the car crash because he doesn't want to lose Daisy, who he hasn't seen in years. Gatsby ignores the possible negative effects of not getting rid of the water because he hasn't used it in months. He risks bad outcomes to make up for lost time.]]> 2019-03-14 23:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20nlavy/a4bjf811bgx6/wish/341570390