March 14th--"Beware the Ides of March!"

March 14th--"Beware the Ides of March!" (Soothsayer to Julius Caesar on the day he was assassinated in 44 B.C.--Shakespeare)

Art essays.  Example essay shows the following:

• strong and insightful thesis
• topic sentences refer back to thesis
• essay develops from point A to B to C.  You want your ideas to progress to culminate in your strong conclusion
• Word choice and sentence fluency contribute to development of ideas
• Insightful throughout

Over the weekend you need to:

• read to page 120 in Gatsby
• make a significant contribution to the "Wiki" 

Your assignment (10 pts.) is to give the class one (not two) insightful observations concerning Fitzgerald’s writing.  (Or choose Hemingway.  Not both).  
You do not need to limit yourself to the passage about Daisy’s house, of course. We've already covered that, for the most part.

Observations might include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Word choice--the two others use different kinds of words.  Consider connotation, verbs, adjectives, etc.  
• The sound of the line when read aloud.  Cadence, lyrical flow, repetition
• Imagery.  Be sure to explain the effect of the imagery
• The types of ideas in the writing.  The way ideas are created.  
• The amount of attention devoted to description of things
• metaphor or symbolism

Here's the link to the Fitzgerald page: Fitzgerald's Writing

And here's the link to the Hemingway page: Hemingway's Writing