The Great GatsbyReader Response #1

• Listen to the following musical selections. What images and words come to you as you listen? Write at least five sentences!

The Great Gatsby- Reader Response #2Chapter One- page 6-8:Select three descriptions involving the use of color- you don’t need to write the whole quote, just the descriptive images. Then write a minimum of five sentences interpreting the images that are created through this use of imagery and the symbolism of the colors.

“ . . . -he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have

sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single

green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet

dark” (26).

Reader Response #3:*write four sentences

minimum!

How do you define the “American dream”? What is it and what does it mean to

you? What is your “American dream”?

The Great Gatsby: Reader Response #4

Chapter 2: pages 23-25

Read back through the beginning of chapter 2. Find three descriptions of the color gray or the idea of death. Write down the descriptions- not the entire sentence, just the description and a minimum of five sentences about what image Fitzgerald constructs with the valley of ashes.

Reader Response #5: (write 4 sentences)

What if money didn’t matter for your “American dream”? How would your dream change? Why or why not? Why is money so important?

Reader Response #6:Pages 39-41- Gatsby’s partyFind five different descriptions of Gatsby’s party that appeal to each of the five senses. Then describe the party using your own words in five sentences minimum.

The Great GatsbyReader Response #7

“But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires . . .” (58)

What do you think Nick means when he says this about himself? How does this make him different from other characters in the novel? *minimum of

five sentences!”

The Great Gatsby- Reader Response #8:

What are your impressions of Gatsby? What do other people say about Gatsby, and what does he tell

Nick about himself? Why do you think so many wild rumors exists

about him?

The Great GatsbyReader Response #9

Page 74-77Summarize Daisy and Gatsby’s past history

together.5 sentences minimum

The Great Gatsby-Reader Response #10

Select one character represented here and find two quotes that describe them- physically and

personality traits. Then describe the character using your own

words. 5 sentences minimum in your own words.

Daisy Buchanan

Nick Carraway

Tom Buchanan

Jay Gatsb

yJordan Baker

The Great GatsbyReader Response #11

“Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light

had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had

seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close

as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His

count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” (93).

Why has the “colossal significance” of the green light at the end of

Daisy’s dock “vanished forever” once Gatsby has met Daisy again?

Can you relate to this experience of anticipation versus reality? Describe your experience.

The Great GatsbyReader Response #12

“I wouldn’t ask too much of her,” I ventured. “You can’t repeat the

past.”“Can’t repeat the past?” he asked incredulously. “Why of course you

can!” (110).

What does Gatsby want to repeat? Is it possible- why or why not? Do

you agree or disagree with Gatsby- why or why not?

The Great GatsbyReader Response #13

Compare and contrast Gatsby’s true origin story in chapter 6 (VI)-p.100 with the fictional story he told Nick in chapter 4(IV)-p.65 . Why do you think Gatsby felt it necessary to fabricate a story

about where he came from originally? Does your opinion of Gatsby change- why or why not?

Reader Response #14

Describe Daisy’s dilemma. What do you think Daisy will decide to do? What do you

think Daisy SHOULD decide to do?

Reader Response #15:Summarize the events of Chapter 7. What were the most significant details?

Five sentences minimum!

Reader Response #16“Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.”F. Scott

FitzgeraldIs Gatsby a

hero? Why or why not? Does

the novel exemplify this

idea? 5 sentences min!

The Great GatsbyReader Response#17- Final Reader Response

Fitzgerald is considered a lyrical writer which means he uses words the way an artist uses a paintbrush to describe a scene or an emotion.Find one quote in the book in which Fitzgerald uses descriptive imagery and write it down. Then write five

sentences about the underlying meaning of that quote and why you

like it.