We were reading chapter 6 today in the brave new world of the virtual school: 'Cody was fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush for metal since Seventy-five. The transactions …
Tag: Gatsby
The Othering of Gatsby.
I have been thinking a great deal about Gatsby recently - specifically why I find the text so distasteful. I think one reason is the 'Othering' which is such an important part of the narrative and is found in the …
Briefly, on Eco-crit and texts we teach… (thanks Maria)
My wonderful colleague Maria Trafford recently spoke at a TEDx event in school. Her central idea, in an evening focused on 'Earth', was that English Teachers can save the planet. Towards the end she talks of looking for ways in …
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An article on F.Scott Fitzgerald: contexts for OCR A level
My thanks to my colleague Jonathan Pepperman for this. He had it all Alex Harvey Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by David S. Brown Harvard, 424 pp, £21.95, May 2017, ISBN 978 0 674 50482 0 ‘I’d Die for You’ and Other …
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Jordan Baker: careless driver, cheat and … Gatsby’s source?
We were reading Chapter 3 today and an idea grew which is worth considering even if only to reject: Jordan is Gatsby's way in to regaining Daisy. how else would he know to invite Nick, let alone to 'recognise' him …
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The Great Gatsby: complete notes and timeline.
No matter how often I teach Gatsby I find it hard. Each time, the ambiguity of the central character and the lack of sympathy I have for anyone in the text get in my way. As I prepare to work …
Notes on Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby
Chapter 9 In the final chapter, the last rites are read over the fantastic life of Jay Gatsby – artificial, noble and a perpetual outsider. Nick tells the story from the perspective of 1924, the time of writing and two …
Notes on Chapter 8 of the Great Gatsby.
Chapter 8: Tom, Daisy and Jordan have no further role in the narrative beyond that required to tie up loose ends. The novel now focuses on Gatsby as seen through the eyes of Nick. The glamour and overt drama is …
Notes on Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby
Chapter 7: The crunch! The longest chapter covering the disintegration of the dream and the betrayal of love and acceptance of material, rather than emotional wealth. Setting: There are several settings in this chapter – the empty Gatsby mansion, …
Notes on Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby
Chapter 6 In this chapter flesh is put on Gatsby and the dream begins to fade. It is as if the two ideas are linked – Jimmy Gatz has invented himself in the model of Dan Cody and attained his …
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