Our thoughts on 'The Great Gatsby'... by Helen Simpson https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald write this story ? en-us 2018-06-13 00:45:11 UTC 2018-06-13 01:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924241 Fitzgerald wrote the story for us to gain a better understanding of loyalty 

]]> 2018-06-13 00:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924241 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924308 Fitzgerald wrote Great Gatsby to warn the audience about the dangers of living for someone else / the dangers of trying to break out of predetermined societal codes ]]> 2018-06-13 00:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924308 Money cannot buy moral integrity https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924315 2018-06-13 00:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924315 To https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924346 To show our wealth capacity determines our social status. To show that our motivations in life can enable us to break our own moral codes and that for love and acceptance or justice we can allow our hands to be blood stained]]> 2018-06-13 00:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924346 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby to provide the audience with a sense of understanding of life outside our own circle https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924384 2018-06-13 00:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924384 love is inevitable https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924394 2018-06-13 00:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924394 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924398 Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to allow readers to understand the impacts that stereotypes and social codes have on individuals ]]> 2018-06-13 00:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924398 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924422 2018-06-13 00:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924422 create awareness of social expectations that pressure us. https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924424 those social expectations can impact us to change ourselves for someone us who does not deserve it. 
the desire of living another life ie Gatsby became new money

]]> 2018-06-13 00:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924424 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924425 To dissect the falsehoods of the 'American Dream' and prove that the upper class isn't something you can work your way into (especially in the 20s) - is the concept of the American Dream something created by the rich to make it seem like they earned their place there? Is it a ruse so that the poor do not revolt? Fitzgerald is exposing the underbelly of classism in the 20s, and revealing the lack of justice in the class hierarchy that society has created ]]> 2018-06-13 00:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924425 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924443 Fitzgerald wrote Gatsby as a way of telling us that if we have hope and a positive outlook, we can achieve great things. However, sometimes external factors in life which we cannot control get in the way of our success. We may be on the top of the world, but we will have down moments to. ]]> 2018-06-13 00:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924443 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924447 Fitzgerald wrote Gatsby to show personalities are more then two dimensional and change as people grow and learn

]]> 2018-06-13 00:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924447 The lengths one can go to for their love to be fulfilled https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924492 2018-06-13 00:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924492 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924493 To show that we are manipulated by those around us to act a certain way ]]> 2018-06-13 00:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924493 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924536 Fitzgerald wrote this story so that we could recognize different parts of ourselves within each character; Daisy's weakness, Tom's hypocrisy, Gatsby's hopefulness, Nick's constant confusion and curiosity, Jordan's aloofness, etc. Gatsby is arguably the most relatable character because at some point in our lives, we all feel that hopeful about one situation or another. And it's an emotion that is sustainable.
Fitzgerald also seeks to convey many messages: the ultimate cruelty of society, to not let societal expectations influence our decisions, the road to achieving our goals is a long and hard one, money isn't everything, etc. ]]> 2018-06-13 00:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924536 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924574 To show how authentic love can not fit into a society that prioritises materialism and and social class.]]> 2018-06-13 00:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924574 The illusive nature of love and how easy it is to get so caught up in it and how hard it is to let it go https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924588 2018-06-13 00:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924588 . https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924603 Fitzgerald wrote Gatsby to shame his wife for her affairs. His writings exploit themes of love being unable to win out against class. He also writes of secrets masked behind extravagance which in turn lead to tragedy.]]> 2018-06-13 00:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924603 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924661 It isn't money that defines us]]> 2018-06-13 00:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924661 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924664 Fitzgerald wanted to tell the tale of love in a way that it doesn't have a happy ending]]> 2018-06-13 00:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924664 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924667 That no matter how hard we try to convince that money or wealth has a hold on us or is still present within our lives it still comes to the surface of our lives]]> 2018-06-13 00:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924667 What happens when you base your entire reality upon someone who you THINK will make you happy or complete you https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924679 2018-06-13 00:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924679 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924705 The greed we desire to love creates boundaries towards social class]]> 2018-06-13 00:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924705 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924753 The importance of having hope]]> 2018-06-13 00:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924753 True friendship and connection looks beyond the exterior. https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924802 2018-06-13 01:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924802 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924810 it is a depiction of the class gaps that were apparent in the 20s (and are still apparent today), which serves as a warning against hoping for something better for yourself. 

Is Daisy really a bad person for wanting to stay in the life that she was called to lead when she was born? Would we have done any different if we were her? - Exploring the restrictions of social hierarchy that even the rich must abide to ]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924810 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924818 Fitzgerald wanted to show how easily people can get caught up in a materialistic and glamorous lifestyle. ]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924818 sexism because of social expectations. Daisy "i hope she would be a fool because thats the best thing a girl can be in this world" https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924844 This impacts us. Women are portrayed as weak and powerless in the dominant controlled society. Incapable of achieving anything to create ourselves, whereas perceived nothing as a fool, a wife, a mother. ]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924844 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924862 that love alone is not enough]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924862 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924868 Damning the illusion that if we have all the physical possessions that we desire, that we will be happy]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924868 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924873 Materialism will get you nowhere, true fulfilment lies in emotional ambitions]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924873 helens4 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924878 To explore the nature of obsessive love

]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924878 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924887 Daisy is the character that allows us to see the reserved person inside of us all who cares more about what others think of us above our own happiness]]> 2018-06-13 01:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924887 Fitzgerald’s novel explores persisting themes of excessive wealth, oppression, and the lie of the American Dream https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924897 2018-06-13 01:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924897 to show how much societal expectations control our lives. Every decision we make is depending on what is happening around us, we value others opinions more than our own. https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924912 2018-06-13 01:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924912 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924920 Explores the double standards of men and women in the era and how women did not have power of their own fate]]> 2018-06-13 01:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924920 The submissive nature of women back in the 1920s https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924933

]]> 2018-06-13 01:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924933 helens4 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924936 Employs the sophisticated vehicle of a narrator - Nick Carraway - who is both 'within and without' the narrative world. Thus, we can be simultaneously immersed and detached.]]> 2018-06-13 01:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924936 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924960 You may never truly know the people around you, as you can never get inside their heads to see what they are thinking]]> 2018-06-13 01:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266924960 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925114 Fitzgerald wrote Gatsby to criticise the way in which the 'American Dream' was evolving in the 1920s, instead of pursuing happiness the focus had now changed to status and wealth. Even though Fitzgerald indulged in these pursuits himself he realised the emptiness behind it, therefore Gatsby is a criticism of the roaring twenties.]]> 2018-06-13 01:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925114 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925141 How achieving wealth and 'the American Dream' does not automatically result in happiness.]]> 2018-06-13 01:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925141 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925172 Fitzgerald enables us to see how submissive Daisy is in her relationship with Tom. She is mistreated by him - this give us insight into the treatment of women in the 20's. ]]> 2018-06-13 01:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925172 how far are we willing to go for love? Gatsby changes his whole life to fit around this one person. https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925259 2018-06-13 01:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925259 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925270 Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby as an outlet for his disgust for the garish culture of the 1920s. ]]> 2018-06-13 01:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925270 helens4 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925287 Flawed protagonists,who nevertheless absorb us]]> 2018-06-13 01:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925287 helens4 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925343 Intensity of geographical symbolism - delivers both narrative journey and thematic journey with great efficiency]]> 2018-06-13 01:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925343 https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925403 Explores the difference between old money, new money and the Valley of Ashes]]> 2018-06-13 01:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/helens4/pi5rx9zov7df/wish/266925403