BLOG 2 - Did you read Class Announcements below???

In Blog Response 1, you focused on an area of Gatsby’s life (besides Daisy) that did not meet his grand expectations.  Review your response, and/or reading through your classmates answers, to help focus your answer to the next bullets. USE CHAPTERS 6-end TO ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS. 

·         From an outsider’s perspective, Gatsby lived a fabulous life filled with money, parties, and friends.  However, the reader learns Gatsby’s life is created on an illusion of happiness.  Based on this novel, what are the benefits AND dangers of living life this way?

·         Choose another character that could tell the story of Jimmy Gatz. Identify which character you would have tell his story.  Then, specifically identify fundamental examples of how the reader’s understanding of the novel would change. 

When answering this response, remember each bullet is a full paragraph.  Each paragraph must include text evidence, properly cited.  Be sure to AVOID SUMMARY.  Instead, I want to know why and how events matter.  Remember to email specific questions within the established time frame. 

Class Announcements for Blog 1

Hello All!

Your next question will be posted by Thursday, July, 23.

Thank you for submitting your blogs.  I can tell that many of you put a lot of thought and effort into your responses.  Well-done.

At this point, you should have received an email with your grade and comments to help you.  If you did not receive an email, please let me know IMMEDIATELY! If you emailed me a question from a personal email, I used this to respond to you.  If you did not, I used your Maple Shade email.  Also, if you do not see your response posted, I did not receive it and you have a 0. 

For those of you that struggled with the assignment, please take my email as constructive criticism. These responses will not "make or break" you for the first marking period.

Finally, I know not all students will be checking their email and this blog.  Please spread the word to your classmates that this is posted.  Also, if you have a friend that you see did not publish a response, contact them and have them email me in case there is a problem.

The Great Gatsby Chapters 1 - 5

Due July 17 by 11:59 pm

**If you did not comment on the "name" blog, and still plan to be a part of this class, please provide your name on the "name" blog AND complete these questions by the due date.

At the end of Chapter 5, Caraway muses, “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (Fitzgerald 95). 

·         At this point in the novel, Fitzgerald could replace Daisy’s name with a few characters or ideas to show how Gatsby’s life is an illusion.  Choose one other aspect of Gatsby’s life that does not live up to his extraordinary expectations and analyze how this revelation gives the reader a glimpse of the reality occurring in the novel.

Nick Caraway is a peripheral narrator; that is, he tells the story while on the outside of looking in.  He reserves his judgments of people and claims to be “one of the few honest people that [he] have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59). 

·         Explain how Nick’s narration is either beneficial or detrimental to the reader’s understanding of what is “really” happening in West Egg.

To answer this blog, write a complete paragraph for each bullet.  For the second bullet, if you refer to the given piece of text evidence, you must include a second piece of text evidence that supports your point.  In other words, the given text evidence does not count for the evidence you are required to submit in your answer.

Refer to the rubric on the EBoard for any help with the grading process.  Email me specific questions according to the guidelines.