"The Great Gatsby" seminar notes

2-14-17

- Gatsby wasn't living the "American Dream" but fell in love with Daisy

 

- Adriana thinks that we shouldn't follow the path of the person who we "love" but our own path because Gatsby died by doing what Daisy wanted. He was blinded

 

- "The Great Gatsby" Gatsby is "Great" because that is an invention or impression that he made for himself to look good for Daisy

 

- Unlike Gatsby, Nick knows to stay true to himself and they are both driven by different things

 

- Daisy is a Selfish, Horrible person!!! (she's a woman child)

 

- Tom and Daisy are very alike, they come from money and do bad things without dealing or thinking about the consequences, and it's a reason why Daisy went back to him instead of Gatsby

 

-The eyes, in the front page, represent Fitzgerald's (or God's) eye looking at American society as a "moral wasteland"

 

-The green light, in the front page, is what Gatsby sees across the deck to Daisy's house

Gatsby... Good or Bad?

I think that Gatsby is no doubt a good person. That doesn't take away the fact that he is selfish in his way when it comes to Daisy. I feel that he is only selfish because of his love for Daisy & desire to be with her. But taking away his selfishness, Gatsby is a good person because he has lavish parties in which HIS GUEST enjoy and use it to get away from their lives. He did a huge favor for an officer he didn't even know and when Nick told him that Daisy was going over for tea, he offered to cut Nick's grass. He didn't "have" to cut it because Nick had already arranged the meeting; Gatsby did it out of generosity and thankfulness

The Great Gatsby Continued...

1-31-17

Displacement: something/person placed in different time

 

Anachronism: a person who is out of time

 

Prodigality: something that is suppose to be in a place

 

("  ") is the use of quotations can be used as irony or humor

 

2-1-17

 

-Why is Gatsby not at his own party?

 

-All the characters want to be seen by who they (want) to be but not for who they are.

 

-"The lonely crowd"

 

2-3-17

 

-Gatsby asked to speak to Jordan Baker

 

-vinous: being drunk on wine

 

-Jordan Baker is incurably dishonest

 

-Jordan & Nick have a little thing going on ;)