Gatsby - Chapter 7 by Charlotte Wells https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881 en-us 2018-08-11 05:29:01 UTC 2020-04-16 14:21:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 2) Make notes on Gatsby’s new lifestyle and consider how and why it has altered. https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479075 Gatsby fired all of his servants and replaced them with ones who don't know whats going on with Daisy and him. Nick narrates: "his career as Trimalchio was over". Trimalchio is a character in a Roman novel. He is a freedman who gained prestige and power through tenocity and hardwork. With his wealth, he enjoyed throwing lavish parties to impress guests. This is why Gatsby is compared to him. It is a similie.

]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479075 Make notes on the way Fitzgerald creates tension when describing lunch at the Buchanans’. https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479086 The lunch at the Buchanan's is filled with a lot of pauses and breaks in conversation. ]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479086 3)What is the significance of the visit to the Wilson’s garage? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479098 Stopping for gas at Wilson’s garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered that his wife is cheating—though not the identity of her lover—and plans to move her to the West. Under the brooding eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, Nick perceives that Tom and Wilson are in the same position.]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479098 Why is Nick so pleased with Gatsby’s honesty about Oxford? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479118 2018-08-30 04:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479118 Describe what happens at the Plaza Hotel. How does Fitzgerald convey the row that ensues? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479127 At the Plaza Hotel Tom finally confronts Gatsby, mocking his use of the phrase "old sport." Tom accuses Gatsby of never having been at Oxford; Gatsby replies that he did, in fact, study there for five months after the end of the war. Tom regards Daisy's affair with the lower-class Gatsby as one of the harbingers of the decline of civilization. 

]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479127 7. Explore Tom’s confrontation with Gatsby about his affair with Daisy. What does Tom accuse Gatsby of? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479143 "What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?". Tom's comment shows that he is aware of what Daisy and Gatsby have been up to. Earlier in the chapter, Nic mentions how all the servants had been replaced to avoid rumours being spread, and the media was up to date when Daisy visited Gatsby's house. ]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479143 8. Why does Daisy have a difficult time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never loved Tom? Why? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479152 Daisy has a very difficult time saying that she never loved Tom as it wasn't true. She says ' I did love him once -- but I loved you too '. This is the moment when daisy finally tells Gatsby that she did in fact love Tom at one point ]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479152 9Why is it important to Gatsby that Daisy say she loved him only and never loved Tom? What is the key sentence that shows Daisy will never leave Tom? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479161 The main reason that Gatsby insisted on Daisy saying she never loved Tom was so he got the self assurance that their own relationship was real. The main sentence that indicates that Daisy will never leave Tom is ' I did love him once -- but I loved you too '. This line shows ]]> 2018-08-30 04:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479161 12-Why does Tom insist that Daisy and Gatsby drive home together? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479188 Tom insists that Daisy and Gatsby drive home together as in doing so it would scare daisy about the rage Gatsby can show towards people if not treated properly. When Tom says this he does it with "Magnanimous scorn" Meaning being generous or forgiving, Especially towards a rival or less powerful person. he also says "Go on. He won't annoy you. I think he realises that his presumptuous little flirtation is over" This is Tom saying to all that Gatsby should give up on taking Daisy.

]]> 2018-08-30 04:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479188 1) How is the behaviour of the characters linked to the hottest day of summer? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479397 As the day progresses and becomes hotter, the characters begin to behave irrationally.

The behaviour becomes as heated and intense as the weather.

The emphasis on the heat shows why the characters are acting flustered, overwhelmed, short tempered and agitated.The characters are fraught and anxious

"Hot!... Hot!... Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot?]]> 2018-08-30 04:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479397 7. Explore Tom’s confrontation with Gatsby about his affair with Daisy. What does Tom accuse Gatsby of? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479718 In Tom and Gatsby's confrontation, Tom accuses Gatsby of cause a row in his family. This is referring to Gatsby trying to steal Daisy away from him. "What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?". ]]> 2018-08-30 05:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276479718 11-What is the significance of Nick’s 30th birthday? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480112 The significance of Nicks 30th birthday is that he says "Thirty-the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair" This quote tells us that the 30's symbolise a sad, lonely ,working, husband lifestyle.]]> 2018-08-30 05:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480112 10. What does Tom say that startles Daisy and what is Daisy’s reaction to this news? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480828 Tom confronts and accuses Gatsby of being a bootlegger and what he has done to get here where he is today and after this Gatsby tries to defend himself against the accusations presented against him. Daisy is shocked after hearing this and Gatsby to as he is described with the expression of "As if he had 'killed a man." but after this daisy talks excitedly and later in the paragraph it sinks in and she is described as "She was drawing further and further into herself. 
 ]]> 2018-08-30 05:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480828 13. How does Fitzgerald introduce the imminent death on the return journey to East Egg? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480919 Fitzgerald introduces imminent death quite suddenly as he says "so we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight". ]]> 2018-08-30 05:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276480919 14. How does Fitzgerald present Myrtles death? Look at the language choices. https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276481315 Fitzgerald presents Myrtles death as quick and violent, "her life violently extinguished", emphasising the quick death of Myrtle. ]]> 2018-08-30 05:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/276481315 15. How is Gatsby linked in Wilson's mind with Myrtle's death and how is Daisy presented here? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277421348 Wilson originally thought Myrtles killer was Tom because of his yellow car, but when Tom arrived in a blue car, it led Wilson's mind elsewhere. Wilson then changed his mind as the only other person he thought of was Gatsby. Daisy is presented here as innocent as if she did not do anything wrong.]]> 2018-09-04 04:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277421348 16. What indication is there that Tom is fond of Myrtle. https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277423185 There are a few indicators that show tom is fond of Myrtle. one indicator includes when Tom "violently thrushes" to see the body, to see if it was Myrtle. Another indicator includes when Tom takes his "glazed eyes" off myrtles body, this reveal that Tom did have emotions for Myrtle.]]> 2018-09-04 05:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277423185 17. Why does Nick change his feelings towards Jordan? Why does Nick not wait for the taxi inside the Buchanans house? https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277423660 Nick changes his feelings towards Jordan because Nick was feeling sick and Jordan seemed to not be helping the situation. Nick does not want to go inside because he had "enough of them all for one day". ]]> 2018-09-04 05:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/charlotte_wells/pcu1h8i16881/wish/277423660