Pd. 1 Characterization Chart – The Great Gatsby by Hannah Stoepfel https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4 en-us 2021-12-29 16:04:48 UTC 2022-03-10 00:35:11 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.fedoras.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nick-carraway.jpg Descriptive Phrase hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967887252
Describe your character using:
a.) a quote directly from the text
b.) your own words
c.) a little bit of both!

Some questions to consider:
What role do they play in The Great Gatsby?
What do they look like?
Add anything else you think is important about this character.]]> 2021-12-29 16:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967887252 First Impressions hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967887603
How do you feel about this character after reading chapter 1?]]> 2021-12-29 16:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967887603 Memorable Quotes hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967893583 Add any quotes you think show exactly who your character is.]]> 2021-12-29 16:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967893583 Relationship to Others hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967903420
Who have we met so far?
How does your character know the others or how did they meet? 
How does your character get along with others?
Are they related to anyone we've met?]]> 2021-12-29 16:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1967903420 Please add your names to at least one post! hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990196544 2022-01-13 12:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990196544 Descriptive phase https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990346327 We were first introduced to Jordan baker as a family friend of the Buchanan and later saw that she was a child hood friend of daisy. We have seen that Jordan is a famous golfer and gives of a elegant and confident personality. Our character is a woman who has been seen to have a tendency to gossip.]]> 2022-01-13 13:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990346327 First Impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990350419 My first impression of Jordan is that he is very confident and elegant.]]> 2022-01-13 13:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990350419 First impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990352016 My first impression of Jordan was she is an ultra confident woman as we see her enter the scene with her head held high and extremely confident. Making our narrator feel as if he should apologize for being in her presence. Jordan has been seen to be an all-star golfer and she knows it. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990352016 Descriptive phase https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990352917 Tom is Arrogant,Racist,sexist, and Conceited. He's also super rich and has old Generational wealth.
 ]]> 2022-01-13 13:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990352917 first impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990353921 my first impressions of Jordan were that hes very athletic and very confident with himself]]> 2022-01-13 13:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990353921 First Impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990356129 My first impression of her is that she is very confident and that she is said to be beautiful. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990356129 My first impression is that he is racist,rude, and a cheater https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990358596 2022-01-13 13:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990358596 Relationship to others https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990360030 So far we have seen Jordan meet Nick,Tom and daisy and she knows of Gatsby who we have not really got to meet yet. Our characters I believe would have been introduced to the other characters through daisy as they where childhood friends and daisy is Tom's husband and Nick's cousin. It seem like our character gets along decently with others as she seems to be good friends with the Buchanan's as she lives with them and her and nick seem to get along decently. So far she is not related to anyone we have met.]]> 2022-01-13 13:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990360030 Descriptive Phrase https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990360293 Daisy comes off as a happy person that everyone likes but she has moments where she "breaks character" and has some issues in her life. "Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything."

]]> 2022-01-13 13:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990360293 He's a racist, rude, conceited person and who's also a cheater https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990361695 2022-01-13 13:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990361695 memorable quotes https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990362348 " i'm glad it's a girl. and i hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world a beautiful little fool." ]]> 2022-01-13 13:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990362348 who is Nick Carraway ? https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990366467 Nick is introduced to us as the Narrator , He begins the book by telling us the important parts of his life. we learn that Nick participated during the war in the 1920's. we also learn that he comes from a wealthy family and that he went to Yale , that is how he met Tom. we learn that he has a cousin named Daisy that is married to Tom. Nick didn't want to take over his family business so he decided to be a bond business. He decided to move out East. We can see in the beginning of chapter one , that Nick is someone trust worthy and the characters around him trust him with their secrets and Nick hates it , but he tries his best to not be judgmental ]]> 2022-01-13 13:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990366467 First impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990366825 My first impression of Tom is he is very full of himself, rude, racist and a super masculine person ]]> 2022-01-13 13:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990366825 First Impression https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990370054 I feel like Tom would be slightly intimidating given that he's a very muscular and masculine guy as well as he has old money. He is a very racist and unfaithful man as well so I also have a disliking for him already.]]> 2022-01-13 13:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990370054 First Impressions https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990372748 Daisy comes off as a happy, fun person to be around. Towards the end of the chapter she reveals that she actually has personal issues that she doesn't show off to everyone and she isn't the perfect person that she comes off to be. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990372748 My first impression- Rougui https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990381628 At first I saw nick as someone extremely curious about others , even if he hates knowing about their secrets ]]> 2022-01-13 13:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990381628 Memorable quotes https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990382433 On Page 14, "Don't talk i wanna hear what happens"]]> 2022-01-13 13:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990382433 Relationship to Others https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385203 He treats his wife Daisy very poorly and seems very rude around others. For instance to Nick he kind of got in his face and was almost talking him down because Nick's a bond man and has less money than him. He's also abusive and unfaithful to Daisy. For example she finds that her knuckle is black and blue and its from him.]]> 2022-01-13 13:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385203 Memorable Quote https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385286 " I was unjustly accused of being a politician , because i was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men" ]]> 2022-01-13 13:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385286 Relationship to Tom https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385303 Tom is Daisy's husband. They previously lived in France for a year and then moved to live in East Egg. He went to college in New Haven with Nick and was a very good football player. He came from wealth so they are a wealthy couple.]]> 2022-01-13 13:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385303 Relationships to Nick https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385384 Nick is Daisy's second cousin from West Egg. Daisy seems to trust Nick enough to tell him some of her secrets that she doesn't seem to share with anyone else. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385384 My first impression - megan https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385526 My first impression is that he his very observant and is a good listener. And that he doesn't like being a sounding board for others. ]]> 2022-01-13 13:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/1990385526 How are they different? Are they similar in any way? Look for text evidence to support your claim. hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000232250 In your groups, write your names at the top of your post and then answer the questions.]]> 2022-01-19 12:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000232250 How are they different? Are they similar in any way? Look for text evidence to support your claim. hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000232404 In your groups, write your names at the top of your post and then answer the questions.]]> 2022-01-19 12:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000232404 Memorable Quotes https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000287010 "It's scientific stuff; it's been proved." ]]> 2022-01-19 12:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2000287010 How, if at all, have the characters changed since we last met them? hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001665202 2022-01-19 23:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001665202 Why do we think Fitzgerald chose Nick to be the narrator and not someone else? hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001665946 2022-01-19 23:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001665946 Describe Myrtle. Does she seem to fit into the setting of The Valley of Ashes? hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001667948 What does she look like?
Does she work at all? 
How does she act with George versus Tom?
What do you think her actions and words say about her character?
Add anything else you think is important to understand Myrtle Wilson so far.]]> 2022-01-20 00:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001667948 Describe George. Does he seem to fit into the setting of The Valley of Ashes? hstoepfel1 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001668064 What does he look like?
What does he do for a living?
How does he know Tom and what does that mean?
How does he act when the others come into his shop?
What do his actions and words say about his character?
Add anything else you think is important to understand George Wilson.]]> 2022-01-20 00:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2001668064 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002861985 They describe her as a thickish figure of a women, in her mid thirties, fairly stout but carried her surplus flesh sensuously. We can infer that she is the light in the room just like Daisy. She doesnt have a job.]]> 2022-01-20 13:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002861985 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002864314 What her actions and words say about her character is that she is kind of 🤬 and mean. She is the opposite of what Daisy is]]> 2022-01-20 13:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002864314 Tom's influence on Nick https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868628  We can see that Nick being with Tom , he is allowing himself to do things he will never do on a regular time , like drinking , smoking..etc. We can also see that Nick let's Tom bossy him around. ]]> 2022-01-20 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868628 Why Nick is the Narrator https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868703 I think that Fitzgerald chose Nick to be the narrator because everyone tells him their secrets and he keeps them to himself and that most of the characters seem to trust him.  Like how Tom took him to go and see his mistress. He seems like an open minded person like when Catherine is talking to him about Myrtle and Tom's marriages. We can also see that Fitzgerald making Nick the narrator, we can see his opinion on people and we can observe that Nick is good at reading people like how he saw through Myrtle.]]> 2022-01-20 13:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868703 what does he do for a living? https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868869 george is a gas and repair shop ]]> 2022-01-20 13:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002868869 How, if at all, have the characters changed? https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002875438 Tom really did not change. We found out that he doesn't hide his affair with Myrtle. They go out into the city and stuff like that. This is probably because he knows Daisy won't leave him because of his money.]]> 2022-01-20 13:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002875438 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002877377 With George she sometimes acts like he isnt there. She doesnt even look at him when Tom is in the room and instantly ask George to go get chairs for them so she can have a minute alone with him. George is whipped. With Tom she is bubbly, she says things to Tom she would never say to George and she actually acts like a couple with Tom. ]]> 2022-01-20 13:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002877377 George vs Tom https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002877769 I think with George she sort of acts like he doesn't exist or sees him more as a nuisance than her husband. With Tom she acts like shes his wife, carrying herself in a sort of arrogant manner and putting on show.]]> 2022-01-20 13:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002877769 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002879497 Myrtle seems to put on an act when she is with Tom. She asks Tom to buy her things and wears nice and expensive things when she is with him. When Myrtle is with Tom she seems to act different and somewhat better than she actually is. ]]> 2022-01-20 13:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002879497 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002886812 I think that by the end of chapter 2 Myrtle is going to keep cheating on George with Tom.]]> 2022-01-20 13:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002886812 Memorable Quote 2. https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002889398 '' I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon, and his determination to have my company bordered with violence'' 

]]> 2022-01-20 13:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2002889398 Difference between George and Tom https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011081304 George and Tom are very different. Tom is a rich man and George is a considerably poor man. ]]> 2022-01-25 12:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011081304 Tom opinion about George https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011084083 Tom says to Nick that George is so dumb that he doesn't even know he is alive ]]> 2022-01-25 12:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011084083 Seeing the same woman https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011085609 They're similar in that they're seeing the same woman, although George is married to her.
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]]> 2022-01-25 12:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011085609 Tom vs George https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011090566 Tom is racist and sexist, he even hit Myrtle, breaking her nose. We don't know if George is racist or sexist, but we also don't know if he isn't.]]> 2022-01-25 13:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011090566 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011091502 I feel like George is a push over, he seems kind and a decent worker. I feel like he knows that Myrtle is having an affair with Tom. But he doesn't want to say anything. Tom is the opposite of George, he's abrasive, arrogant, abusive, racist and sexist. He has wealth, and George is lower class. ]]> 2022-01-25 13:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011091502 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011092174 george is rich and comes from old money and tom doesn't, he struggles more. George is kinder than tom as tom is seen more as s bully. ]]> 2022-01-25 13:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011092174 Daisy is slender and nice Myrtle is thick and mean Myrtle is the mistress Daisy is the wife https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011095220 2022-01-25 13:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011095220 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011097149 Tom promised George to sell him a car , but we can see that it's an excuse to come see Myrtle and to bully around George. And George is so scared to 🤬 of Tom , that he doesn't say anything.

]]> 2022-01-25 13:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011097149 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011098087 daisy grew up in an upper class family while myrtle grew up in a low class family and. They both face abused by Tom.]]> 2022-01-25 13:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011098087 https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011099851 Daisy is a small, dainty women but Myrtle is more of a thicker sensual women. Daisy is described as the light of the room and a kind person when she is with Tom. Myrtle pretends to be someone she isn't when she is around Tom. ]]> 2022-01-25 13:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011099851 Myrtle vs daisy - https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011102821 As we are introduced to myrtle we see her as a loud in your face and a "hide the light" type of girl. On the contrary daisy is very different as she is nice and tries her best to respect her significant other unlike myrtle. We have seen that Myrtle is a thicker built woman unlike daisy and does not come from this rich background that we have seen daisy comes from. The only similarity I can see is that they are sharing a companion in Tom ]]> 2022-01-25 13:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hstoepfel1/usu7ewhim88x4mz4/wish/2011102821