For this assignment, you will create a 5 slide 1920's newspaper using MS Word, MS Power point or Prezi. Your newspaper (stories and pictures) Read More
Movie clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgW3pWthRa4 Watch the first link that comes up. Should star leo decaprio. Complete a brief character Read More
The Great Gatsby, The prompt for the paper In The Great Gatsby, what does F. Scott Fitzgerald suggest about the state of the American Dream, the Read More
Achieving the American dream is a perception that runs throughout The Great Gatsby. Within the context of Fitzgerald’s novel, define the idea of Read More
If The Great Gatsby had been written in 1950, would it have been banned? Support your position with hard evidence, such as similar themes/scenes in Read More
The Great Gatsby Final Assessment What statement/argument is Fitzgerald making about the human experience? Is he arguing something about American Read More
In The Great Gatsby, the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg brood over the Valley of Ashes, silently watching over everything. Analyze this image and what Read More
What is Fitzgerald really saying here? What is he assuming about the rich and poor? Are rich and poor defined differently?
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Create a catchy title for your newspaper, and write at least one news story featuring a major historical event based on the document/artifact you found in the American Memory collection (Library of Congress-the first assignment in this module)
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Complete a brief character analysis of the 3 characters in the video clip.
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what does F. Scott Fitzgerald suggest about the state of the American Dream, the people who pursue it, and the impact of that pursuit through his depiction of Jay Gatsby and the people in Gatsby’s life? Include specific examples, quotations, and supporting details from the novel in your response. Do not merely summarize the story.
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The American Dream in the Great Gatsby-Is the American dream an illusion or reality in Fitzgerald’s novel?Discuss
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If The Great Gatsby had been written in 1950, would it have been banned? Discuss
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Explain its relation to the main story in both novels—or, if it is absent or nearly absent from 1 novel, then explain this gap in terms of its social and historical causes, its narrative significance, or both.
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Identify one social or cultural narrative that is invoked significantly in at least 1 of these 2 novels. Research its history and interpretation in recent scholarly writing.
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Write an essay in which you take a position on the message Fitzgerald communicates in The Great Gatsby and develop your argument using evidence from the novel.
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In The Great Gatsby, the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg brood over the Valley of Ashes, silently watching over everything. Analyze this image and what it represents.
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