https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11 en-us 2019-04-23 12:22:50 UTC 2024-10-05 07:49:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 20nyorgey https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353323952 The generation after WWI was referred to as "The Lost Generation". This is because the kids who grew up during the world war were now around 20 years old, and they have all witnessed pointless death. This didn't give them any motivation or faith in any traditional values like patriotism and courage. Some started believing in reckless and aimless beliefs, while others were unable to understand the abstract beliefs of america.]]> 2019-04-23 12:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353323952 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324057 “Not only did he flourish in the fast-paced, modern urban milieu of skyscrapers, taxicabs, and pleasure-seeking crowds, but he proclaimed himself an expert on the latest crazes in fashion, contemporary lingo, and popular pastimes.” - Roland Marchand]]> 2019-04-23 12:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324057 20mpavente https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324275 The rise of prosperity inevitably led to the rise of consumerism in the 1920's. Consumerism itself encouraged the idea that it would look rather good to obtain products and items we don't inherently need. This consumerism was a result of the economic boom in the 'roaring '20's', which occurred as a result of the first world war ending. ]]> 2019-04-23 12:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324275 20icastro https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324897 2019-04-23 12:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353324897 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353326163 2019-04-23 12:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353326163 20icastro https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353326512 After the dreadful war, Americans became antiwar and wanted to stay out of foreign affairs. The United States tried isolationism because of fear of foreigners. There were struggles with internal conflicts with terrorists groups (such as the KKK) that attempted to ensure 100% Americanism. ]]> 2019-04-23 12:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353326512 20nyorgey https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353327125 The Lost Generation was also a group of American poets and writers. Famous members included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein.]]> 2019-04-23 12:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353327125 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353327229

1920: $687.7 billion

1921: $671.9 billion

1922: $709.3 billion

1923: $802.6 billion

1924: $827.4 billion

1925: $846.8 billion

1926: $902.1 billion

1927: $910.8 billion

1928: $921.3 billion

1929: $977.0 billion

]]> 2019-04-23 12:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353327229 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328299 2019-04-23 12:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328299 20mpavente https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328410 2019-04-23 12:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328410 20mpavente https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328929 The rise of consumerism also led to the increase of advertising, which further encouraged Americans to buy what would be considered 'unneeded' items into their households.]]> 2019-04-23 12:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353328929 20nyorgey https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353329148 2019-04-23 12:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353329148 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353329670 As soldiers returned home and the victory parades faded, the fight over the League of Nations turned bitter. The sense of accomplishment quickly evaporated. ]]> 2019-04-23 12:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353329670 20mpavente https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353330716 2019-04-23 12:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/353330716 20icastro https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354068257 Setting: Nick went from living in the country to the city. West Egg to East Egg. 
Valley of Ashes: Where the poor people live. It represents what the rich people dispose of. 
Billboard of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg. It is in the rundown of the city and represents a watching eye of judgement. ]]> 2019-04-25 12:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354068257 20icastro https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354071992 2019-04-25 12:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354071992 20mhoude https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354072357 West Egg: West egg is mainly new wealth. People in West Egg are new to the rich life.
East Egg: East Egg is mainly old money. The people in East Egg have had wealth passed down to them. Tom and Daisy are East Egg residents ]]> 2019-04-25 12:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354072357 20mpavente https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354971454 1 - "... broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks - at intervals she appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond..." (pg. 52). Simile. This device is important to exemplify the wife's anger at the man.

2 - "He hurried the phrase "educated at Oxford," or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt, the whole statement fell to pieces, and I wondered if there wasn't something a little sinister about him after all." (pg. 65). Foreshadowing. This device is important because it implies that Gatsby has a bit of a darker, or different, past than he is initially letting on.]]> 2019-04-29 12:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354971454 20nyorgey https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354971516 a: Everything that happens seems to convey the notion that Nick doesn't care about, like, anything. He starts seeing Jordan Baker just because Tom and Daisy suggest it. When he goes to the Gatsby party, he strolls through without a care, listening to gossip and not trying to be a greater part of anything.
b: Nick meets Jay Gatsby and says that he remembers him from serving in the same division in the army.
c: Gatsby met Daisy in the war/army and has developed feelings for her. He was a LT, and he lived at a base near her home. He discloses this to Jordan aside at the party.]]> 2019-04-29 12:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354971516 20icastro https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354974422 Ch. 3: "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsbyś house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited...Sometimes they came without meeting Gatsby at all. 

The quotation is important because it shows that no one really knew who Gatsby was. He was a mystery yet so popular. Everyone wanted to be around him. ]]> 2019-04-29 12:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/354974422 20nyorgey https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/356570123 "I am though," she said, with a visible effort.
Tom didn't understand that Gatsby was better.
In her mind, at least, she didn't see his cower,
Daisy wasn't looking for another flower.
High in a white palace, the king's daughter, the golden girl-
She was only excited to find another necklace of pearl.
It didn't matter if Gatsby or Tom was on one knee, because,
"Her voice is full of money."
"Oh, let's have fun," she begged him.
They left in a car, a ride that would soon turn grim, shaking and falling down, going out on a limb. ]]> 2019-05-03 12:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/356570123 20aosier https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/358707248 I believe that Nick isn't a reliable narrator because he isn't a good judge of character or good at reserving judgement as he claims is his forte. He is quick to judge his cousin Daisy whom he had only known for a short time at the moment she is introduced. As well as he judges Jordan framing her as a liar from the moment he meant her. I believe Nick is quick to judge and very impressionable as he changes his opinions quite fast about any subject.]]> 2019-05-10 00:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/358707248 20aosier https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/358708190 An important event is Daisy and Gatsby's reunion. Gatsby uses his possessions to "wow" Daisy. I believe this is important because at this time Daisy realizes what she could attain by going along with Gatsby's fantasy. 
A literary technique used in Chapter is amplification of how mysterious Gatsby is. When Nick hears the roomers about Gatsby he is shocked. But when he talks to him his first impression is that Gatsby is a liar. I think the buildup to the introduction of Gatsby adds to the confusion of the man. ]]> 2019-05-10 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20icastro/j2d2lai3rd11/wish/358708190