http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html
"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot (split into 5 different parts)
- Both the "The Great Gatsby" and "The Waste Land" show that the women do not know how to spend there time wisely. In similarities as well both of them describe the same type of landscapes and surroundings.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Scholarly essays
http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A191401108&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&userGroupName=scschools&version=1.0
This essay describes how Gertrude Stein inspired the line "I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" She turns to Miss Baker for confirmation: "An absolute rose?" (15). She herself wrote the quote , "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" (5). She inspired Fitzgerald and his writing.
http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A166433351&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&userGroupName=scschools&version=1.0
This essay is dicussing the aspects of the American dream and Gatsby's idealism. He hopes to obtain Daisy, but fails to see the person she has become. Gatsby wants to mix his past and present together, so he can keep what he has now, but also gain his one desire of Daisy.
This essay describes how Gertrude Stein inspired the line "I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" She turns to Miss Baker for confirmation: "An absolute rose?" (15). She herself wrote the quote , "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" (5). She inspired Fitzgerald and his writing.
http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&docId=A166433351&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&userGroupName=scschools&version=1.0
This essay is dicussing the aspects of the American dream and Gatsby's idealism. He hopes to obtain Daisy, but fails to see the person she has become. Gatsby wants to mix his past and present together, so he can keep what he has now, but also gain his one desire of Daisy.
Summary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FKlpdszPXo
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDUdJFbhEp4&feature=related
The story is told through the voice of the narrator, Nick Carraway. First moving to West Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1922, Nick visits his cousin Daisy Buchanan. Introducing the characters Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker, Nick discovers his neighbor is the famous Jay Gatsby. The story continues to unravel new twist and events, such as an affair, Gatsby's past, and the true nature of Daisy. Being stuck in the middle, Nick gives the readers insight into the lives of the upper class. Gatsby's love for Daisy and the unattanable American Dream ultimately leads to tradgic events in the end.
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDUdJFbhEp4&feature=related
The story is told through the voice of the narrator, Nick Carraway. First moving to West Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1922, Nick visits his cousin Daisy Buchanan. Introducing the characters Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker, Nick discovers his neighbor is the famous Jay Gatsby. The story continues to unravel new twist and events, such as an affair, Gatsby's past, and the true nature of Daisy. Being stuck in the middle, Nick gives the readers insight into the lives of the upper class. Gatsby's love for Daisy and the unattanable American Dream ultimately leads to tradgic events in the end.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Jazz Age
-Prohibition laws banning alcohol
-"Gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession"(New York Times)
-Era of swing dancing and music
- ex. The Charleston
-The American Dream
-White house, picket fence, kids, dog, steady job, lots of money, housewife
-Technological advancements
- cars, telephones, air travel
-Stock Market soared
-"Gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession"(New York Times)
-Era of swing dancing and music
- ex. The Charleston
-The American Dream
-White house, picket fence, kids, dog, steady job, lots of money, housewife
-Technological advancements
- cars, telephones, air travel
-Stock Market soared
Movie References
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_aAt6kFius&feature=related
-1974
-Starring Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow as Daisy, and Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway
-Francis Coppola- screenplay writer
-Jack Clayton- director
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8363034415525094252&ei=nlipS_qxBZ6oqAKx44nUAw&q=interviews+on+the+great+gatsby&hl=en#
Charleston Ballet Theater presents "The Great Gatsby"
-1974
-Starring Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow as Daisy, and Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway
-Francis Coppola- screenplay writer
-Jack Clayton- director
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8363034415525094252&ei=nlipS_qxBZ6oqAKx44nUAw&q=interviews+on+the+great+gatsby&hl=en#
Charleston Ballet Theater presents "The Great Gatsby"
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