The Great Gatsby

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Here are the stipulations for your assignment:

This is due on Thursday, May 23. If you work with a partner, submit one typed/computer printed paper per group. Answer the questions in the EXACT order of the worksheet.

The worksheet is below. Copy and paste it into a document and then type in your answers.

Complete this worksheet in a document. You may work with a partner. This will be your major evaluation on The Great Gatsby.

I. Motifs and Images in Gatsby

A motif is a recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.

List examples of each motif. Include the line or passage from the text for imagery. For others, you may just cite examples.

Most importantly, then explain what you think is the "significance" of each motif.

Color imagery

Green

Blue

White

Yellow

Cars, names of cars, importance of cars, etc.

Cheating

Accidents and recklessness

God and religion (or lack of) imagery

East and West

Time (especially going back in time) imagery

Eye imagery

Breast imagery

Flower, flowering, etc. imagery

Ashes and dust imagery

"Reaching out" imagery

Names in the party list

Historical figures

Animal names

Obviously "ethic" names

II. Look up and write a sentence or two to define each:

Teapot Dome scandal

Fuller-McGee scandal

Black Sox scandal

James J. Hill

J.P. Morgan

Jay Gould

J.P. Rockefeller

Arnold Rothstein

El Greco

Hopalong Cassidy

Buffalo Bill Cody

Henry Hudson (specifically the exploration of New York)

The agrarian vision of Thomas Jefferson

III. Lines that define characters

For each one of the characters (listed below), supply a line from the book that best defines his or her character. It may be something he/she says or something that is said about the character.

Gatsby

Nick

Tom

Daisy

Jordan

Myrtle

George