https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis en-us 2022-05-24 14:23:31 UTC 2022-05-26 13:36:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f49a.png vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200421029 2022-05-26 05:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200421029 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200423152 “I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.” (2)]]> 2022-05-26 05:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200423152 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200424231 “My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor’s lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month.” (5)]]> 2022-05-26 05:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200424231 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200424653 “It was sharply different from the West, where an evening was hurried from phase to phase toward its close, in a continually disappointed anticipation or else in sheer nervous dread of the moment itself.” (12)]]> 2022-05-26 05:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200424653 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200425080 “There was something pathetic in his concentration, as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more.” (13)]]> 2022-05-26 05:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200425080 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200425460 “…either it was terrible stuff or the whiskey distorted things, because it didn’t make any sense to me.” (29)]]> 2022-05-26 05:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200425460 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426018 “The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way.” (45)]]> 2022-05-26 05:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426018 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426395 “The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home.” (55)]]> 2022-05-26 05:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426395 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426723 “Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (59)]]> 2022-05-26 05:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200426723 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200427028 “”You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”” (154)]]> 2022-05-26 05:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200427028 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200450477 A) Nick is often a very judgmental person in his head. He often talks about how he disdains something about everybody.
B) While Gatsby is the main focus of the book, Nick is often more interesting psychologically. He’s a humble character that thinks down on others yet can see potential in some.
C) These observations are more universal for all of Nick’s thoughts and actions. One of these quotes and the way Nick acts in them can be applied to most of his future actions later on.]]> 2022-05-26 05:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200450477 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200451981 2022-05-26 05:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200451981 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200453636 “…he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling.” (21)]]> 2022-05-26 05:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200453636 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200453916 “…or for how many hours he “glanced into rooms” while his house blazed gaudily on.” (83)]]> 2022-05-26 05:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200453916 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454152 “His eyes glanced momentarily at me, and his lips parted with an abortive attempt at a laugh.” (86)]]> 2022-05-26 05:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454152 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454417 “He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.” (91)]]> 2022-05-26 05:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454417 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454776 “Daisy and Gatsby danced. I remember being surprised by his graceful, conservative fox-trot…” (105)]]> 2022-05-26 05:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200454776 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455176 “Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space.” (119)]]> 2022-05-26 05:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455176 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455579 “”She’s never loved you. She loves me.”” (130)]]> 2022-05-26 05:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455579 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455880 “”I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed. Good night, old sport.”” (145)]]> 2022-05-26 05:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200455880 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200456113 “”I suppose Daisy’ll call too.”” (154)]]> 2022-05-26 05:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200456113 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200474526 A) Gatsby is very attached to Daisy for an almost entirely unexplained reason. Until his death, Gatsby kept this obsession with Daisy.
B) Gatsby’s life throughout the novel revolved around Daisy, up until the end. It doesn’t exactly explain why Gatsby was so obsessed, but it helps explain his true drive.
C) These observations are more focused on Gatsby and his past specifically. They apply to his actions regarding Daisy, but not much else.]]> 2022-05-26 06:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200474526 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200493593 1
On that day in the blue moon of September
So still, that pale dear love of mine
There beneath a young plum tree, I  held her
In my arms like a dream sweet and fine.
And above us sailed a fair white cloud
That I watched for long in the summer sky
So white and so enormous way up there
And when I looked up, it had gone on by.

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Since that day so many, many moons
Have floated down and floated past.
The plum trees probably were felled
And what's become of love you ask?
I'll answer you: I simply can’t recall
Yet  what you mean, I certainly know.
But her face, I really just can’t remember
I kissed it then, that’s all I know.
 
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And that kiss too I’d long ago forgotten
If that cloud had not been there in the sky
That I recall and will never forget
Far above, white, and huge in the sky.
Maybe the plum trees still have blossoms
And the woman seven children by and by
But the cloud blossomed only for minutes
And had faded in the wind when I lifted my eyes.]]> 2022-05-26 06:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200493593 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200528836 The idea of the poem’s love story calls back to the relationship Gatsby wanted to have with Daisy. This poem was also chosen due to its referencing of a plum tree, which can be related to the trees that Gatsby detailed in chapter 6. Gatsby talked about the white plum tree while his relationship with Daisy began to sprout again. In the poem, the author was reliving his moments under that young plum tree with his then lover. It’s another thing that can call back to how Gatsby and Daisy started behaving during their first few moments back together. However, in both stories, everything would eventually change and come to a conclusion.]]> 2022-05-26 07:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200528836 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200791710 2022-05-26 12:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200791710 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200801267 The Great Gatsby, in a lot of ways, represents the end of an era. Towards the end of the book, there are distinct moments that you can point out the end of the different relationships between the characters. Gatsby and Daisy don’t work out, Nick and Jordan drift apart, Tom and Myrtle are separated, and the relationship between Tom and Daisy stays complicated. Even between friendships, there are always noticeable endings. I think that, due to the time period, this can be related to the end of different eras within the whole country. In the 1920s, flappers were a popular trend. Around 1924, however, the trend seemed to start dying out in some parts of the country, such as New York.]]> 2022-05-26 12:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200801267 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200811619 2022-05-26 12:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200811619 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200820647 During the 1920s, fashion was glamorous, soft, and feathery. Female characters in The Great Gatsby would likely dress like this to parties and other larger events. These are, therefore, probably the outfits Nick and Gatsby fell in love with when they met Daisy and Jordan. Men’s fashion in the 1920s was also a very set look. Men would wear nice suits, tuxedos, and vests. Top hats, bowler hats, and fedoras were also common in men’s everyday wear.]]> 2022-05-26 12:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200820647 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200821146 2022-05-26 12:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200821146 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200829729 The 1920s was a very “packed” era in the United States. Classrooms and parties would be filled with many different busy people. It’s not hard to imagine that Gatsby’s parties were even more packed than this classroom. Even in the business, however, there was always an order to be found. Like in the photo above, people would be set in places that helped keep order in busy places. This was also likely true of Gatsby’s parties.]]> 2022-05-26 12:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200829729 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200830626 2022-05-26 12:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200830626 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200844725 The Charleston was a very popular place that started spreading in 1923 across the entire United States. Other than many of the flapper dances, the Charleston was likely the most popular dance of that full decade. However, the Charleston was a controversial dance during more formal parties. It was seen as too “vulgar” by a lot of people in the party and in the dance scene. The issue mainly revolved around how the dance would expose more skin than others.]]> 2022-05-26 13:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200844725 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200846624 2022-05-26 13:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200846624 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200853831 Dancing was such a popular phenomenon in the 1920s in the United States among all types of people. Dancing wouldn’t only be contained by the parties around the United States but it was everywhere that dancing seemed appropriate. It was common to see flappers that surround their entire culture around the dances they do. Flappers weren’t seen as dainty or ideal women at the time, but that wasn’t the point of the culture. In the picture above, many women are dancing as a group, doing the Charleston.]]> 2022-05-26 13:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200853831 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200854242 2022-05-26 13:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200854242 vancamcj https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200875841 The 1920s and the 1930s are often referred to as the “jazz age” of the United States. The genre expanded quickly and new jazz tunes were quickly being produced and introduced to the American public. As the years went by, the genre only grew and grew. Parties in the 20s were bursting with music, and seeing as jazz was such a popular genre, it’s very likely that Gatsby’s parties erupted with jazz in hopes for Daisy to hear.]]> 2022-05-26 13:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vancamcj/thegreatgatsby/wish/2200875841