Monday, April 9, Summaries of Psychoanalysis

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Monday,

April 9

SAT Reminders

• Bring your ID
• No phones
• Make sure you’re on time!

Pass back Quiz 1

• Any questions?

Ch. 3 Quiz

• You will need your

literary journal

• Raise hand when finished

Nick himself on page 1

When we first open the book, Nick immediately tells us:

• “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’ … In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments …” (Fitzgerald 1)
• Does Nick then refrain from judging anyone?

“In consequence, I’m inclined to

reserve all judgments…” – Nick

• As we discussed last week, we know

Nick judges.

• In partners, find one example of

Nick judging people in Chapter 3 (at

Gatsby’s party)

Wednesday, April 11

Agenda

• Gatsby’s party
• Nick as a narrator DO: Determine thematic significance by creating claim statements. Evaluate and analyze Nick’s reliability as a narrator. HW: Ch. 4 (including literary journal)

Meeting Gatsby

• Reread pages 47-48; how is Gatsby revealed

to us? What details about his character are

included?

• Can we believe Nick?
  • Is he overstating Gatsby’s qualities?
  • Is the fact that he’s drunk influencing this?

Gatsby’s party

• In your squads, using your literary journal, list at least

3 aspects of Gatsby’s party that apply to your

perspective.

• Once listed, determine

a message Fitzgerald is

conveying through

these details.

Implications for us

• You then as a reader need to consider whether or not Nick is giving us the full truth. But why do we need to care?
• With your partner, brainstorm at least 3 problems that not trusting our narrator can give us.

Gatsby’s first mention

“Only Gatsby… was exempt from my reaction- Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. … it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a roman tic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again. Gatsby turned out alright in 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” (Fitzgerald 2).

Moving forward

• As we keep reading, keep track of Gatsby’s representation in the novel, as well as Nick’s continuing judgment of all characters.

Why is Gatsby never still?

“He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand” (Fitzgerald 64).

• What personality trait does this suggest?
• Does this support, or alter, our existing view of Gatsby?