The Great Gatsby:
"Instead of rambling this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobilty of the countryside--East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety."
Journal Warm-up: Review 1 & 2
Contrast the Buchanan evening with the New York party.
Close Reading
You will be assigned a number up to 9 today. Reread the passage marked below and fill out the "close reading" handout. Then share with the other classmates who share the same number as you. At the end of class, I would like you to share your best assertion with the class and/or turn it in to me.
Here are the passages for our close reading group practice for chapters 3 & 4:
Chp 3:
#1: "There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights...." to "The party has begun." (paragraphs 1-6)
#2: "'Let's get out,' whispered Jordan..." to "We shook hands with him gravely and went back outside." (paragraphs 38-58)
#3: "I was still with Jordan Baker" to "...and no singing quartets were formed with Gatsby's head for one link." (paragraphs 60-93)
#4: "But as I walked down the steps I saw that the evening was not quite over..." to "...the figure of the host who stood on the porch his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell."
#5: "For a while I lost sight of Jordan Baker..." to "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
Chp 4:
#6: "On Sunday morning while church bells rang..." to "All these people came to Gatsby's house in the summer." (paragraphs 1-10)
#7: "At nine o'clock one morning late in July..." to "Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder."
#8: "Roaring noon." to "I turned toward Mr. Gatsby, but he was no longer there."
#9: "One October day in nineteen-seventeen---" to "Her wan scornful mouth smiled and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face."
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