Group 4—The Valley of Ashes
Hazen—Writer
Decker—Revising and posting
Pasternak
Harley
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Blog on Setting for Wednesday
In your assigned groups you should work together to do the following:
-Describe the setting of your location on both a literal and symbolic level. You should include a list of who lives in that location, what themes does this setting help to establish, and important pieces of textual support.
-I would look at the map that I gave you on Friday and the questions that are on that handout. Perhaps, answering those questions is a good blueprint to follow when thinking about this assignment.
-It is imperative that you use your time wisely here in order to make sure that you are not burdening the writers/revisers at night.
-Written responses should be posted on the blog by class on Thursday
Some of these are harder than others--however, you all have the ability to write thoughtful responses if you work hard, listen to each other's ideas, and think critically about the questions being asked.
You can do this--and I know that you will do it well. Can't wait to see everybody tomorrow.
Best,
AK
-Describe the setting of your location on both a literal and symbolic level. You should include a list of who lives in that location, what themes does this setting help to establish, and important pieces of textual support.
-I would look at the map that I gave you on Friday and the questions that are on that handout. Perhaps, answering those questions is a good blueprint to follow when thinking about this assignment.
-It is imperative that you use your time wisely here in order to make sure that you are not burdening the writers/revisers at night.
-Written responses should be posted on the blog by class on Thursday
Some of these are harder than others--however, you all have the ability to write thoughtful responses if you work hard, listen to each other's ideas, and think critically about the questions being asked.
You can do this--and I know that you will do it well. Can't wait to see everybody tomorrow.
Best,
AK
Monday, April 19, 2010
Character Sketch Example: Tom
Tom is a brutish and physical man who is defined by his arrogant personality and cruel body. He leverages his position, at home, in his marriage, and in his other relationships through the power that is created by his physical strength and inherited wealth. Born in Chicago, Tom attends Yale University where is was a star football player and classmate of the novel's narrator, Nick Caraway. Tom is married to Daisy, and they reside in an opulent mansion located on East Egg. Their marriage is founded on anything but love, and it appears as if both characters are engaged in this union more out of social security rather than a personal connection: the marriage secures their social position within the American landscape. Tom's infidelity with Myrtle accentuates his status due to his mistreatment of her and the physical abuse she suffers at his hands. However, this fact also proves that Tom believes that he can control all those people that are below him in terms of social standing. He uses both Myrtle and George Wilson for his own benefit, and he is more concerned with self-satisfaction and control then with anything else. More than anything else, Tom is an immoral character that does not stand at a moral attention. He is character that finds comfort in his wealth no matter how damaging his wealth and actions are on the numerous characters he encounters.
Important quotations:
p. 6: "He was one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anticlimax."
p. 6: "I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game."
p. 7: "It was a body capable of of enormous leverage--a cruel body...'Now don't think my opinion on these matters is final,' he seemed to say 'just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are.'"
p. 26: "So Tom Buchanan and his girl and I went up together to New York...Tom deferred that much to the sensibilities of those East Eggers who might be on the train."
p. 28: "'It's a bitch,' said TOm decisively. 'Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs.'"
p. 37: "Making a short deft movement, Tom brok her nose with his open hand."
Important quotations:
p. 6: "He was one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anticlimax."
p. 6: "I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game."
p. 7: "It was a body capable of of enormous leverage--a cruel body...'Now don't think my opinion on these matters is final,' he seemed to say 'just because I'm stronger and more of a man than you are.'"
p. 26: "So Tom Buchanan and his girl and I went up together to New York...Tom deferred that much to the sensibilities of those East Eggers who might be on the train."
p. 28: "'It's a bitch,' said TOm decisively. 'Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs.'"
p. 37: "Making a short deft movement, Tom brok her nose with his open hand."
Group Four: Nick
Katie M--Writer
Sanford--Revising and Posting
Matta
Hair
Please place your character sketch of Nick here.
Sanford--Revising and Posting
Matta
Hair
Please place your character sketch of Nick here.
Group Three: Daisy
Group 3—Daisy
O’Day-Writer
Mullaney—Revising and Posting
Hazen
Decker
Please place your character profile of Daisy here.
O’Day-Writer
Mullaney—Revising and Posting
Hazen
Decker
Please place your character profile of Daisy here.
Group Two: Jordan
Whitney-Writer
Daly—Revising and Posting
Peppin
Gill
Please place your character sketch of Jordan here.
Daly—Revising and Posting
Peppin
Gill
Please place your character sketch of Jordan here.
Group One: Gatsby
Harley-Writer
Tower-Revising and Posting
Horrocks
Murphy
Adams.
Please place your character profile on Gatsby here.
Tower-Revising and Posting
Horrocks
Murphy
Adams.
Please place your character profile on Gatsby here.
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