Day One: 4/10
Day Two: 4/11
Day Three: 4/12
Day Four: 4/13
Day Five: 4/14
Day Six: 4/17
Day Seven: 4/18
Day Eight: 2/21
Day Nine: 4/24
Day Ten: 4/25
Day Eleven: 4/28
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Here is our schedule for our time with poetry. Day One: 4/10 Day Two: 4/11 Day Three: 4/12 Day Four: 4/13 Day Five: 4/14 Day Six: 4/17 Day Seven: 4/18 Day Eight: 2/21 Day Nine: 4/24 Day Ten: 4/25 Day Eleven: 4/28
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Please add a comment with your name and what you will bring to the party. Please ensure between yourselves that everything, other than drinking glasses, is accounted for.
Please add a comment with your name and what you will bring to the party. Please ensure between yourselves that everything, other than drinking glasses, is accounted for.
Please be prepared for our unit 13 vocab quiz on TUESDAY, 3/28. It will be formatted as follows:
1-9 Definitions 10-15 Synonyms 16-20 Antonyms 21-30 Sentences Happy vocabing! Hands
In his novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the reality of the American dream. Throughout the novel, he uses Daisy to represent the American dream. In chapter 4, Daisy is depicted as unattainable through the symbolic nature of the pearl necklace. Before her wedding, Daisy receives a pearl necklace from Tom “valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” serving as a price tag on Daisy. Since Tom virtually buys Daisy with the necklace, it is a direct manifestation of Tom’s possession over her; proving that Daisy is out of reach from anyone other than Tom. Not only does the pearl necklace serve as a price tag, it also represents a collar. Despite Daisy’s misgivings about marrying Tom, she ultimately has no choice but to “hook the pearls around her neck.” Fitzgerald specifically utilizes the word “hook” in order to highlight Daisy as an empty shell of a person and how she allows other people to control her actions. The necklace thus becomes much like a collar on a controlled dog. Depicting the necklace as a collar, Fitzgerald emphasizes Tom’s absolute power over Daisy. Since Tom is a representation of the American dream, Fitzgerald establishes that old money will always be able to control and manipulate the American dream, thus making it unattainable for the common man. In his novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the reality of the American dream. Throughout the novel, he uses Gatsby to represent the common man in the social construct. Towards the end of chapter seven, Fitzgerald characterizes Gatsby as pathetic because he waits “all night” outside Daisy’s house hoping she will signal that she needs his help. By displaying Gatsby as helplessly waiting for Daisy to choose him, Fitzgerald attempts to establish that Gatsby refuses to believe that Daisy does not love him and will never choose him. Gatsby’s blind love for Daisy is mirrored by the common man’s persistent hard working attitude toward the American dream. In the social construct, the common man is taught that through diligence and extreme hard work the American dream is achievable; however, Fitzgerald uses the characterization of Gatsby as hopelessly in love with Daisy to explore the reality of the American dream within society. Because Gatsby foolishly believes that Daisy will eventually reciprocate his love, Gatsby will never comprehend that Daisy can never be possessed by him. By using Gatsby as an allegory for the common man, Fitzgerald comments that despite what is portrayed by society, the reality of the American dream is that it is an achievable and hollow illusion that the common man will sacrifice everything for but will never obtain. Please be prepared for our vocab unit 12 quiz on WEDNESDAY, 3/22. It will be formatted as follows:
1-20 Definitions/Synonyms 21-25 Antonyms 26-35 Complete the Sentence Happy vocabing! Here is another version of the chart from class today. Please ensure that you have this completed and you are ready to discuss on MONDAY, 3/20. Happy thinking!
Please be prepared for a test on The Great Gatsby on FRIDAY, 3/24. It will be formatted as follows:
1-10 Matching Characters 11-22 Matching Quotes to Speaker 23-33 Matching Quotes to Subject (who the quote is about) 34-66 Multiple Choice (plot, light symbolism) 67-74 Inference (reading a passage and answering some questions about it) Happy studying! By the time you arrive at my door on WEDNESDAY, 3/15, please be prepared with text and analysis to discuss chapters seven and eight in reference to the following:
Remember that we draft again on THURSDAY, 3/16, and this would be most helpful. Happy thinking! |
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