The Great Gatsby- Ch.1 Quiz

1. In what city/state does the story take place?

            a.  Long Island, New York                    

2. Who is the narrator?

          d. Nick Carraway

3. The two areas in which the characters live are

              c. East Egg & West Egg

4. The following set of adjectives BEST describes Tom Buchanan’s personality

            b. Aggressive, condescending, arrogant                      

5. What is the main difference between the houses in East Egg and West Egg?

            a. In East Egg, the houses look like brand new hotels, and in West Egg, the houses are older and more

                colonial looking

6. What does Daisy want her daughter to grow up to be?

            a. a “beautiful little fool”                                               

7. Who reacts strangely/curiously when Jordan Baker says to Nick that she knows a man named Gatsby?

            b. Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband                         

8. What color is repeatedly used to describe Daisy and her friend Jordan?

              d. White

9. Who says the following quote: “Well, these books are all scientific…This fellow has worked out the whole

    thing. It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”

         c. Tom Buchanan

            

10. Who telephones Tom at the dinner at his house?

      d. Tom’s “other woman on the side”

11. Who reaches out his/her arms across the water at the end of the chapter?

            b. Jay Gatsby                                                            

. As Nick looks to see what this character is reaching for, what does he see at te end of a dock?

                       d. an eerie, green light lighting the water under the dock

Beginning of Chapter 2 notes(The Great Gatsby)

• The reason why the author included Daisy and Jordan gossiping about the butler to Nick isn't because the author wanted us to know about the butler, but wanted us to know about their character. They don't care about the butler. He's just a prop to them.
• Mentions of the green eyes again.                                                                                                  I wonder what that means....
• Nick sees Tom's mistress.

Yay for cliffhangers.😂

GREAT GATSBY REMIX 1

There are three steps to making a remix:copying, transformation, and combination. So I summarized chapter one and included my own opinions to create something more modern than a poster (or something like that) but with a vintage twist. Here's the link to my remix of chapter one:
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/337586467/The-Great-Gatsby-Ch1-Remix?secret_password=BqZJR5mhxrLJlyBqjDHc

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My notes from today......

Remixing thoughts

When we were talking about remixing in class, I suddenly remembered this quote. What I like about it that it doesn't mention the word "original". Everyone is a remix and when we create something new, we remixed something and added our own flavor/unique ideas. To create a remix, one must copy, but not completely. I think we use the thing that we copy as a guideline. Soon we can become so good at the thing we're trying to do that we can make it our own by adding our own ideas. For example, as we heard in class, to become a good writer, you must read. As the quote says below, to become a good song writer you should start off by using other songs as templates and then you can take the training wheels off once you understand it. Anyways...... those were my thoughts about today's discussion. :)

Naturalism, Realism, and Modernism

Decided to do a bit of research of the following topics and added memes. Not sure if I'm in the right direction, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.... :)

Naturalism is the belief that nothing exists outside of nature or the natural world.


In literature, naturalism is used when authors write about characters are following a higher power, leading them to a fate that cannot be escaped.

Realism- the beliefs outside our minds


In literature, realism is when the characters are responsible for their own action. So they create their own fate. Kind of the opposite of naturalism.

Modernism-a movement that changes traditional beliefs to beliefs that follow modern ideas.












Modernism in literature is a break from traditional writing.