https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x Whole Book Soundtrack Model #ripmyrtle #ripgatsby #richkidproblems *note: you will make YOUR soundtrack padlet based on Pride and Prejudice. This is just an example to show you what yours could potentially look like. DO NOT make your soundtrack padlet on Gatsby* en-us 2021-03-05 18:57:43 UTC 2025-12-15 14:46:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3a7.png taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1275128742 Section of the text: "The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime..." (81) "He had intended, probably, to take what he could and go--but now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail." (159)

Rationale: Once Gatsby has experienced what Daisy could give him, he is unwilling to give her up. He bends over backwards, changes his identity, and goes to length all to procure her despite her full commitment to him. She never returns her feelings with as much earnest as he displays towards her. The song discusses being in love with someone, going to the lengths for them, despite them not reciprocating the same feelings for you.]]> 2021-03-05 18:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1275128742 taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299826337 Section of the text: "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house" (10).

Rationale: The upper class spend their days and nights idling and hiding from reality by any means. Old Money, like Daisy and Tom, especially waste away, pretending to live glamorous lives while they find solace in drinking, adultery, and frivolity. The song below discusses the privilege the wealthy have to idle away whilst using conspicuous consumption to appear perfect and alright when the truth is the exact opposite.]]> 2021-03-11 19:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299826337 taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299828955 Section of the text: "...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."

Rationale: The Green Light, a motif, repeatedly appears throughout the work as a symbol of the American Dream. Gatsby constantly reaches for it, yet he always remains too far, and in the end, is never able to achieve it. The song below discusses the passion and drive to reach the "green light" that we hope can solve our dreams and problems yet remains impossibly far away.]]> 2021-03-11 19:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299828955 taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299830350 Section of the text: "But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, toward the lost voice across the room." (144)

Rationale: The end of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship occurs at the climactic scene of the novel--the disastrous meeting at the Apartment. Everything Gatsby has worked towards in order to reach Daisy comes crashing down, and reality starts to set in, bringing forth fear and anxiety, as Daisy begins to pull away from Gatsby. The song discusses the emotions--fear, anxiety, anger, sadness--that come when "the party is over--" when we are forced back to reality and forced to accept the truth of it all, especially, when are forced to accept what we knew all along.]]> 2021-03-11 19:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299830350 taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299846534 Section from the text: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." (193)

Rationale: After the tragedy of Gatsby's death and the realization that everything and everyone around him has been fake, Nick realizes the importance of moving on despite one's past. The ending is melancholic with the message that man has the chance to move on if they choose to do so but also the warning to be aware that we will always be in a constant struggle with our past. The song discusses the need to move on from the memory (thus the danger) of the past; if you don't, you will remain miserable, so fight for the present in the future while learning from the past.]]> 2021-03-11 19:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299846534 taniakhan https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299858799 Section of the text: "They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." (164)

Rationale: After Myrtle's death, Gatsby's life falls apart, and Nick is the only person willing to associate himself with him. Gatsby acknowledges his downfall, but he is still hesitant to accept Daisy's rejection. The song discusses the indecisiveness that comes with a breakup. Gatsby himself is unwilling to acknowledge that Daisy and him are over; thus, everything he has worked towards has been for nothing.]]> 2021-03-11 19:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taniakhan/nai630bwsu5bre2x/wish/1299858799