1. Today IB ORALS IB ORALS Characters & motifs in Chapters 1 Characters & motifs in Chapters 1

2. Narrator Name? Name? Point of view? Point of view? Who is he? What do we know about him so far? Who is he? What do we know about him so far? What kind of narrator do you think he will be? What kind of narrator do you think he will be? Do you think he is “reliable”? Do you think he is “reliable”?

3. Narrator Name? Name? Nick Nick Point of view? Point of view? 1 st person, limited 1 st person, limited Who is he? What do we know about him so far? Who is he? What do we know about him so far? From the mid-west, working with “bonds,” privileged, considers himself non-judgmental, etc. From the mid-west, working with “bonds,” privileged, considers himself non-judgmental, etc. What kind of narrator do you think he will be? What kind of narrator do you think he will be? Do you think he is “reliable”? Do you think he is “reliable”?

4. Nick’s actions speak volumes… “I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life” (40).

5. Tom Pg. 11 Pg. 11 What kind of diction is used to descibe Tom? What kind of diction is used to descibe Tom? Pg. 16, actions: Pg. 16, actions: “Before I could reply that [Gatsby] was my neighbor dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.” “Before I could reply that [Gatsby] was my neighbor dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.” Pg. 17… Pg. 17…

6. Daisy Pg. 13-14: What diction is used to describe Daisy? Pg. 13-14: What diction is used to describe Daisy? Pg 19, actions: Pg 19, actions: “’I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a—of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn’t he?’ She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation. ‘An absolute rose?’” “’I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a—of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn’t he?’ She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation. ‘An absolute rose?’” Does Daisy seem sincere? Does Daisy seem sincere?

7. Gatsby What do we know? What do we know? What do you expect he will be like? What do you expect he will be like? Why hasn’t Fitzgerald introduced Gatsby yet? Why hasn’t Fitzgerald introduced Gatsby yet?

8. Motifs to look for: Chapter 2 The eyes of T.J. Ekleburg The eyes of T.J. Ekleburg The Valley of Ashes, etc… The Valley of Ashes, etc… Time Time Using your handout, what themes might these motifs already be signaling? Using your handout, what themes might these motifs already be signaling?

9. Homework Read Chapters II & III Read Chapters II & III Chapter summaries Chapter summaries Continue tracking motifs, symbols, themes Continue tracking motifs, symbols, themes

10. Literary Criticism An evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of a literary work An evaluation, analysis, description, or interpretation of a literary work May look through a particular “lens,” as feminism, race, religion, symbolism, figurative language, etc. May look through a particular “lens,” as feminism, race, religion, symbolism, figurative language, etc.

11. Symbols Activity Tracking Symbols throughout the novel. Tracking Symbols throughout the novel.