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THE GREAT GATSBY CHAPTER 5 JUNIORS
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Swbat analyze Gatsby’s transition from confident to vulnerable DO NOW HAND-IN: Why do you think Gatsby is vulnerable? Try and include a partial quote from his conversation with Nick as textual evidence. HAVE VOCABULARY HW OUT
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HW FOR THURSDAY Go through chapter 5 and find two quotes that reveal Gatsby’s vulnerability. After you record the quote, analyze why it reveals the vulnerability. Pick out specific diction choices that reveal that vulnerability.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS We learn about a character in the following ways: – What a character says? – What a character does (actions)? – What a character thinks (internal dialogue)? – What other characters think about the character?
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Nick on Gatsby Nick alludes to the fact that he thinks Gatsby is vulnerable also. Go back to the selection we read yesterday and point to the textual evidence
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Ms. R Example “So I don’t know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island, or for how many hours he “glanced into rooms” while his house blazed gaudily on” (Fitzgerald 83). What are some key words from this excerpt that show/reveal Nick’s feelings toward Gatsby?
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Reading Chapter 5 As we are reading, I want you to pay attention to what Gatsby is doing and how that is revealing his inner insecurities and vulnerability.
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Share Out How does this chapter serve as a transition in the novel as to how Gatsby is portrayed?
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