https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct en-us 2018-04-24 16:08:36 UTC 2025-11-20 21:33:14 UTC hello@padlet.com samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908419 Artist: Ted Snyder
Type of Song: Jazz
Context: The song is played in the car while traveling through Central Park. The sun has just set behind the apartment buildings and night is approaching as the song begins playing.
Significant Lyrics: "The stars that shine above, Will light our way to love.  You'll rule this land with me"
Rationale: The author uses the song to show the love between Gatsby and Daisy.  Although not dating, Gatsby continues to pursue Daisy and hopes to get a second chance with her.  ]]> 2018-04-24 16:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908419 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908690 Artist: Robert Cameron Rogers
Type of Song: Religious
Context: Gatsby takes Nick to meet Meyer Wolfsheim, but the secretary states that he is in Chicago.  Both men know this to be untrue due to the whistling of the song from behind the door.
Significant  Lyrics: "The hours I spent with thee, dear heart
Are as a string of pearls to me;
I count them over ev'ry one apart"
Rationale: Meyer Wolfsheim is known to be the man who stacked the 1919 World Series and the man who illegally bootlegged alcohol. The song he whistles is a part of a larger Catholic prayer, possibly showing Wolfsheim wants forgiveness for his actions. ]]> 2018-04-24 16:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908690 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908948 Artist: Louis Hirsch
Type of Song: Classical
Context: Gatsby and Daisy go downstairs to the music room where Jay lights Daisy a cigarette and sit on the coach.  Once seated, Klipspringer starts playing the song on the piano.
Significant Lyrics: "Best of all, room. Dream room for two.
Better than a palace with a gilded dome, is a love nest you can call home"
"Many builders there have been since the world began,
Palace, cottage, mansion, inn they have built for man"
Rationale: Fitzgerald uses the song because it represents the idea of characters and their environments. In the novel, the homes of the people show their money and their power.  Different characters have different homes, which also helps provide insight on the character's status.]]> 2018-04-24 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/254908948 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051455 Artist: 5 Seconds of Summer
Type of Song: Pop
Significant Lyrics:  "No matter how long you're gone, I'm always gonna want you back. I know you know I will never get over you"
"You know even though I know that you're gone. All I think about is where I went wrong"
Rationale: The song focuses on the past Jay had with Daisy, and everything he does is to get her back.  This mood is evident in the book, "Sheik of Araby," and "Want You Back."]]> 2018-04-24 23:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051455 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051461 Artist: Ed Sheeran
Type of Song: Pop
Significant Lyrics: "When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight"  
Rationale: This song, similar to "The Rosary" speaks on the idea of how much the girl matters to the man. A string of pearls is a prized possession, and the woman is everything to the man in "Perfect." This song continues a mood of deep love and admiration for a fellow lover.]]> 2018-04-24 23:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051461 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051464 Artist: OneRepublic
Type of Song: Pop
Significant Lyrics: "Ooh, broke as a bottle of wine. 'Cause if we don't find money then what we got honey lifts it up, we got some rich love"
Rationale: The song communicates the message of regardless of the materialistic items someone is surrounded by, love always prevails. Real love does not care about wealth, and love is evident among all walks of life in the book. ]]> 2018-04-24 23:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255051464 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255083879 The Jazz Age was a time in US history of much change, both good and bad.  F. Scott Fitzgerald writes The Great Gatsby to show the affects of the Roaring Twenties on all walks of life.  The use of music throughout the novel helps connect the most influential musical age to the people living in it. ]]> 2018-04-25 03:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/255083879 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253025 2018-04-28 21:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253025 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253078 2018-04-28 21:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253078 samuelplebow https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253186 2018-04-28 21:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/samuelplebow/z6u3rf2q52ct/wish/256253186