Computer Lab
Work on Ithaca Times project - rough draft of articles due at the end of class today!

HW: Study for test - MONDAY!!

Today we continued discussing research topics and you discussed Chapter One. Complete journal on your own (I handed it out in class).

HW: Media Center on Monday; bring change to make copies of sources and have some topics in mind when you come to class.

Continue reading Gatsby - Chs. 2 and 3 for Wednesday. Please respond to the journal topics listed below:

CHAPTER TWO
While reading Chapter Two, take notes on the following:
a. development of Myrtle's character- what details does Fitzgerald use to make her different from the East Eggers we meet in Chapter One?
b. setting
c. comparison of this scene to the one in Chapter One

Then, respond to the following in one page of writing:

Fitzgerald tries to write as if the narrator is drunk. Identify and discuss the stylistic devices he uses to show this.

CHAPTER THREE
1. What do Nick's characterizations of the guests at Gatsby's party tell us about how Nick feels about them (give examples)?
2. What sense of life in the Jazz Age do we get from the description of this party? Find one or two good examples to discuss.
3. Describe the two incidents involving cars. What role do cars seem to play in the novel so far?