The Great Gatsby. BOOK of COLORS

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1 Red: Passion, Love, Blood, Danger, Energy, Boldness Brown: Ruggedness, Earthiness, Comfort, Dirtiness White: Purity, Freshness, Innocence, Cleanliness, Blankness Black: Mystery, Formality, Death, Elegance, Evilness Gray: Misery, Gloominess, Uncleanliness, Indecisiveness Green: Growth, Nature, Money, Envy Blue: Strength, Stability, Serenity, Hopefulness Pink: Softness, Compassion, Beauty The Great Gatsby BOOK of COLORS Purple: Royalty,Power, Luxury, Magic, Creativity Orange: Happiness, Enthusiasm,Vibrancy, Friendliness Yellow: Warmth, Cheerfulness, Caution, Optimism, lertness, Riches, Glamor

2 Nick Carraway Close Reading Quotes from the Narrator fter reading ch. 8, decide what foul dust preyed on Gatsby. Chapter 1: I m inclined to reserve all judgements reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. When I arrived back from the East, I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral atten-tion forever... Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to his book, was exempt from my reaction Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn No Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men. How do these things correlate? How does this paragraph contradict the first paragraph? How does the author create an extended metaphor here, and what is its deeper meaning? Chapter 2: Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. Why did the author use two antonyms in this explanation? What does it mean to be within and with-out? Chapter 7: I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a How does new decade. Thirty the promise repetition of a decade of loneliness, a thinning unify this s you read, color in Nick s picture according to the colors list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair...so we paragraph? associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet drove on toward death through the cooling 1 twilight. 2

3 Daisy Buchanan Voice F. Scott Fitzgerald puts a great deal of emphasis on Daisy s voice. Use this space keep track of Daisy s voice. Passages used to describe Daisy s voice Key Quote from Daisy (Doesn t have to be directly with the voice description) Chapter 1 Chapter 1 I m glad it s a girl. nd I hope she ll be a fool that s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool (Fitzgerald 21). Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Her voice is full of money...that was it.it was full of money that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals song of it (Fitzgerald 127). s you read, color in Daisy s picture according to the colors associated with her in the text. Label each color with a snippet 3 4

4 Tom Buchanan Weigh the Evidence Directions: Throughout the novel, add evidence on both sides of the beam to see who wins out in the end. Daisy Myrtle Who does Tom love more? Final thoughts summary using evidence from the text: s you read, color in Tom s picture according to the colors associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet 5 6

5 Myrtle Wilson Climbing the Social Ladder Social class mobility is a prominent theme in The Great Gatsby. In the 1920s at a time when bootlegging and the stock market were booming, the dreams of a rags to riches life seemed more attainable than ever before. This concept of climbing the social ladder is revealed through the character of Myrtle Wilson. List Myrtle s steps to rise above her class. Include s you read, color in Myrtle s picture according to the colors evidence to show that she already associates herself associated with her in the text. Label each color with a snippet with a higher class. 7 8

6 Gatsby Throughout the novel, fill in the information about Gatsby. Rumors Truths lso, jot down all of the quotes related to Gatsby s hopes and dreams. Then, form a found poem using parts of the quotes to poetically describe a theme in the book. Quotes: Hope Poem s you read, color in Gatsby s picture according to the colors associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet 9 10

7 Chapter 7 Police Report Directions: fter reading the about the incident in chapter 7, pretend that you are the officer questioning Michaelis. Be as detailed as possible. Witness Name: ge: City: State: Employed t: Completed Statement Date: Time: Place: Where and When did this incident happen? Who was involved? (Include names and addresses if known) What happened? Voluntary Witness Statement Flower Symbolism chapter 8 Directions: Brainstorm and research symbolism or stereotypes associated with each flower then use your findings to compare how the flower fits the character it s associated with Daisy Rose Gatsby He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is Myrtle