I am going to give you 20 minutes of Gatsby reading time today. During the first 5 minutes, I would like you to think in terms of the Baz Luhrmann Gatsby film and whether or not you feel that your assigned character is portrayed in a way that is true to the text. To determine this, you have to understand the character as Fitzgerald has created him or her concerning character strengths and weaknesses, worldview, and interactions with other people. These characters are all very human, and you need to consider them from that point of view, which boils down to how they participate in the human drama.
In your notes, jot down three specific examples from the text (quotes) that support your statements that Luhrmann's portrayal is accurate or not.
Baz Luhrmann film Jack Clayton film
Gatsby--Leonardo de Caprio Gatsby--Robert Redford
Daisy--Carey Mulligan Daisy--Mia Farrow
Tom--Joel Edgerton Tom--Bruce Dern
Jordan--Elizabeth Debicki Jordan--Lois Chiles
Nick--Tobey Maguire Nick--Sam Waterston
Hemingway/Fitzgerald Rewrite assignment
How Fitzgerald Writes
Pages 13 (imagery), 16 (actions of characters), 21 (what the characters talk about), 25 (what narrator discusses), 26
This week's vocabulary comes from The Great Gatsby--words "surfeit"--"fractiousness" Gatsby vocab
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