• Write 2 open-ended questions [text-based, thematic, or analytical] about The Great Gatsby. Cite textual evidence [from movie, book, or online]. Ensure you do a separate post for each question!

STEP TWO

• Categorize your question by color:

  • Yellow: Character Analysis

  • Green: Symbolism

  • Blue: Historical Fiction

  • Purple: Text-to-Text, Text-to-World, or Text-to-Self Connection

    
    

STEP THREE

• Once you've created, color-coded, and posted your two questions, begin viewing the other questions posted by your peers. Comment on at least two other students' post responding to their question.

STEP FOUR

• Like/heart the questions that stood out to you. The top 6 questions will be the ones posted on the board during the socratic seminar. You may like/heart as many as you'd like, including your own.

IMPORTANT - When you are posting your questions, please list your first + last name followed by the hour you're in!

At the end of the novel, Nick Carraway admitted, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money and their vast carelessness" (Fitzgerald 187).

Why do you think Fitzgerald shows Tom and Daisy as “careless”? How does this connect to the culture of the 1920s?

What does the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock symbolize, and how might it connect to the dreams or struggles of people living in a big city?

Nick, our narrator, ended the novel with a strong statement: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther" (Fitzgerald 199).

What might Fitzgerald be saying about chasing dreams that seem just out of reach?

Why do you think Gatsby kept fighting for Daisy Buchanan? She wasn't trying or doing anything to get away from Tom, so why keep fighting for someone like that? Daisy didn't even end up going to his funeral.

Do you think Gatsby seeing Daisy for the very last time his obesession being what he thinks is love and brings him happiness was worth it? If you were in love with a girl and you were forced into war, years past by would you go back for that girl/boy?

Why did no one care to check up on Nick?

it was his birthday, but everyone was more focused on Tom, Daisy and Gatsby. where else do we see the charters being shallow in the story?

How does Nick’s claim of honesty align or contrast with his actions throughout the story? Does his perspective make him a reliable narrator?

Nick is the most genuine person in the book/movie.

How would you feel knowing that when you died no one but 1 person attended your funeral? Can you think of a person like Nick in your life?

Why doesn't Nick stop letting people overlook him. We can see in one of the scenes he says " It's my birthday" he says this after a whole lot of nonsense happened. He still was doing a lot for Gatsby and willing to do anything but why did he keep letting people overlook him when he has a sweet soul and humble

What do you think the green light symbolizes for Gatsby, and how does this symbolism evolve as the story progresses? How does this connect to the broader themes of the American Dream?

why did nick want to know Gatsby even when he heard that Gatsby did many things and different things like military and party house?

at the begging of the movies we seen nick getting invite to a party but the party was next door also nick had questions for Gatsby'' are you sure you want me there''

I wonder if nick didn't meet them together would they have got together still?

In the middle of the movie nick had daisy and Gatsby meet at his house''

How can living in the past cloud your judgement and cause you to become irrational?

"You can't repeat the past ... Of course, not I want to recreate" (Fitzgerald 1).

What might this quote say about Gatsby's mental and emotional health

Tom and Daisy are really bad people!!!

What if you were Nick and you had to deal with two fully grown adults constantly destroying things and hurting peoples feelings and then trying to pay them off? What would you do to fix them??

In the great Gatsby has this big mansion where people and ever body knew his name and loved his party but later he made the statement that " I'm empty" (Fitzgerald 1)

Do you think that materialism and wealth can make you truly happy with yourself?

have you ever wondered how jay gatsby got his wealth even though the old man gatsby met money has went down to his own family

threes 7billion people in the world and your brighter then all of them combined

(quote from nick caraway in the move)

nick says this to jay Gatsby what do you think it means and how would you feel if you had a nick or a Gatsby in your life.

In what ways did the prohibition era contribute to people's actions? Do you think drinking is as popular today as it was in the 1920s?

What caused the government to put a ban on alcohol to being with? Why did this make the drinking problem worse?

What happened in the 1920 for things can change? Any thing good? Any think bad?

Why does gatsby just keep trying and doesnt give up on daisy?

Why was everyone in the book/movie bops? Everyone didn't truly love and want each other and went to go cheat. One other thing, why was George so dumb? This man Tom pulled up, and all of a sudden your girl mysteriously has to leave as well. THEN you went to cry on that same man when your stupid ass "wife" got smacked with her bop ahh. THEN you realize that Tom had sex with your girl and smacked her weak ahh and THEN FINALLY you decide to do it to him. Ridiculous.

What drives Myrtle's divaish actions?

I feel like it because she is truly not happy,

Myrtle always seemed like the type of woman to want to live a luxurious life & my opinion is maybe she doesn't want to live the middle-class life leading to her rude, stuck-upness

Why do you think that Myrtle is so uptight?

I feel like the great Gatsby lacks representation for POC people in the 1920's.

Because the only time I saw a person of color were in a lower-class area as well as segregation was still very prominent around this time with things being still very much separated.

Do you feel as if they should have tapped into more complex subjects revolving around POC in that timeline??

How does Tom's relationship with Myrtle mirror his relationship with Daisy?

To be honest, what does the eyes symbolize in The Great Gatsby? Does it represent you always being watched? Does it represent God watching bops get smacked at 50 mph? What could it mean?

Does Daisy love Gatsby or Tom???

Daisy seems unhappy with her marriage to Tom from the outset of the novel Even the night before their wedding she got drunk and told Jordan to tell everyone she had changed her mind .

How does Nick's character and narration affect the story?

-Who is actually Gatsby? rather than the epitome of what the American dream is if you let your motive or drive for success consume you in a negative way; not exclusively from an obsessive "romantic" standpoint, but rather from an overall character standpoint. His moral compass and generally how he is as a person. And how does the time period affect his perspective and actions in the movie?

when tom mistrust got killed she thought that his car was yellow not knowing that its really blue and he came there earlier trying to show off gabsty car.

at the end when daisy picked her husband over Gatsby showed who she really wants because after so many years my ex-lover pop out Tryna come back n i love my husband i would do the same thing i don't care if he cheating n all cause it nothing to do the same but i still wouldn't go back to some one that i once loved and i have a whole husband

yellow - character analysis

nick is there for everyone and ain't nobody there for him. have you been there for someone and they haven't been there for you?

Character Analysis

Gatsby is very delusional about that girl, Daisy. He goes over the top trying to prove his love to Daisy and win her back. How Delusional have you or a friend been over a girl or dude? Or are you as delusional as Gatsby was over Daisy?

Gatsby always throws over-the-top parties for people even though none of them seem to know the real Gatsby. What do Gatsby's party symbols

What do y'all think Dr. T.J Eckleburg eyes meant on the valley of ashes sign in New York?

Why does Gatsby throw extravagant parties? What is the significance of his past with Daisy? Do you think Gatsby is truly "great" or is the title ironic?

1.How didn't nobody know Nick was playing the middle man? How do you think it feels to be there but not necessarily included?

Why couldn't Daisy stop leading Gatsby on? What does this say about Daisy's character?

How does the novel explore themes of love, loss, illusion, and the past

Was Gatsby's love towards Daisy true or was Gatsby trying to use Daisy for her status?

In chapter 7 Gatsby explain his feelings about Daisy to Nick. "'Her voice is full of money'...That was it. I'd never understood it before. It was full of money - that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it...High in the palace the king's daughter, the golden girl..." (Fitzgerald 120).

Daisy was made of old money which made her more valuable. Old money is less way common than new money. In conclusion why would Gatsby describe Daisy in this manner if he actually love her for her?

green - symbolism

It represents the physical and emotional distance between him and Daisy, the gap between the past and the present, the promises of the future, and the powerful lure of money.

why do u think the green light symbols that?

What do the green lights mean? What relationship and symbolism does it have with Gatsby?

why did Tom tell on gatsby when he hit that girl when he knows what he just went through. and is thire any type of way u fell sorry for Tom.

Do y'all think Nick was in the wrong for playing with both sides even though he still the most careful person

why do you think people are stuck in the mindset of "well i'll be happy when"? like only push happiness to the future and not ever day until the present after all the present is an gift so be liberated and happy in the now ?

what does the great gatsby's mysterious past and wealth acquisition signify in the relation to the rise of the organized crime during the prohibition?

Why did Tom tell the gas worker that it was Gatsby who killed his life and told him where he lived?

How has American culture changed from the 1920's to now?

My biggest question is why was Leonardo DiCaprio played Jay Gatsby. I feel that he played a good role in the movies but why was he casted? There are more amazing actors like Brad Pitt, or Matt Damon they could fit good in the movie.

When i saw the movie, I noticed we didn't meet Gatsby right away, but we heard stories and speculations of him. Why do you think the author waited so long to introduce the mysterious Gatsby?

Why did Daisy listen to Tom and not go to Gatsby's home going?

I believe that if she truly loved Gatsby she would have showed up for his home going. It is insane that only one person came to his home going and that was nick . And another sad part is how he died because of Daisy he was trying to protect her from her husband's mistress 's husband because Daisy actually killed her.

There was a lot of cheating going on in the movie (Daisy, Gatsby, Myrtle, Tom). Do you think cheating was more acceptable back then than it is now? Or has cheating always been unacceptable in society?

Why did tom cheat on daisy?

The green light represents Gatsby's Dream

Why is Gatsby's Dream to get Daisy and live the American Life?

To Gatsby, Daisy represents a pinnacle or the highest status of the American dream.

- "So, we drove towards death through the cooling twilight"

How would people interpret the quote but not misunderstand it? From my perspective the quote implies an absolute point in life, being death. So, realistically with that being said; that death is an absolute and inevitable point in life and life continuing to proceed and/or move forward regardless of choices we make or actions we take and the consequences of them. How would someone else comprehend and compare this to a personal experience?

what was special about daisy

My question is about daisy, Why would she accept gifts from a man who clearly liked or had any interest in her KNOWING she had a husband then not even showing up to the funeral. Daisy was cool until she did that now i don't like her or her weird husband.

Why did Gatsby love Daisy so much? What did he see in her that made him keep going?

How does Tom Buchanan's sense of entitlement and his views on social class influence his actions throughout The Great Gatsby, and what do these traits reveal about the society of the 1920's?

How do you think Daisy felt about being cheated on? Did cheating with Gatsby make her feel better?

Did Daisy truly love Gatsby, and if she did why didn't she go to the funeral?

How could Daisy still love Tom knowing that he was a cheater and toxic, and also still be in love with Gatsby at the same time?

How does Gatsby pursuit of Daisy symbolize the larger theme of the American Dream, and what does his tragic end reveal about the nature of this dream?

Why did Tom fight for Daisy while also seeing Myrtle?

How does Daisy Buchanan embody the contradictions of the American Dream, and what does her character reveal about the role of women in the 1920s?

question 1

if Daisy knew that Gatsby had still loved her and was willing to wait for her, why was she so hesitant to go with him? Because she knows the fact that her husband is cheating on her, so why would she rather stay with a cheating husband than a man who actually loves her?

question 2

if Nick is such an important character to this whole mess, why is he the perspective that we get to see the story from?

Nick doesn’t realize it at first Gatsby arranges for him to have lunch with Jordan as part of his plan to get close to Daisy.More specifically Gatsby wants to arrange it so that Daisy will come to West eggs

How does Tom find out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy

Tom finds out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy when Tom picks up on suspicious body language Specifically he notices Gatsby and Daisy exchange glances Their eyes met and they stared together at each other

Daisy led Gatsby on and she was the one who ended up killing Myrtle. Why did Daisy do Gatsby like that and not take any blame? What does this say about her character?

Why does Tom treat his wife, Daisy, in such a disrespectful way? Do you think he has ANY love or respect for her?

5th hour

When Daisy killed Myrtle, do you think she felt any kind of remorse or guilt from it?

5th hour

When Tom was alive everyone attended his parties, and house events, But when he got killed nobody attended his funeral why is that?

It was really weird that Daisy was the one driving when Gatsby's yellow car struck and killed Myrtle. What do you think the bigger message is with Gatsby dying for something he didn't even do?

At the beginning of the movie, Gatsby was driving a yellow car and Tom was driving a blue car. What is the deeper meaning of yellow, and what is the deeper meaning of blue? How do these car colors represent the characters and their social status?

James Gatz that was really, or at least legally, his name He smiled understandingly much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life

Where do gastby you live?

Was Gatsby's sacrifices and burdens all worth it for Daisy just to leave him in the end to die alone?

What is the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy?

How does Fitzgerald’s writing style influence the tone of the novel and characters?