Video Questions

1.
Capitalism – Tom,
Southern tradition - Daisy
Middle class - Nick
Lower class – George, Myrtle,
Midwest – good calm
East – power and corruption

2.
• I would want to belong to more of a middle class because it would actually show that you worked harder for your money, rather than just inheriting it. People who actually put hard work into things are well rounded and would have better opportunities.

3.
• The Valley of Ashes represents the death of the American Dream.

• The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg are the eyes of God. They are on a billboard in the valley of ashes.

• The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents Gatsby’s hope for him and daisy being together one day.

• The mantle clock represents Gatsby’s connection to time. He wants to stop time and go live in the past. When he is sitting there talking with daisy in Nicks house, where they were reacquainted for the first time in years, his mind goes back to before he left for the military and how happy they were. Then when the clock falls, it shows that he can’t go back in time and that he is living in the present.

She came from a wealthy family, which can be why her voice is “full of money”. And Gatsby starts to think that she is just staying with tom because of his money, so when she says she is staying with him her voice is being full of money.

4. Tom is old money. He is a racist and very controlling. He is also a womanizer and has cheated on Daisy with several women since they have been married.
Gatsby is new money. He wants Daisy more than anything else and he genuinely cares about her. He is one of, if not the only, nice character in the novel.

5. Daisy loves Gatsby, but she wont leave Tom because he has money, which makes her feel safe. When you love someone, which is all that is supposed to matter, as long as you are together. This shows that the American Dream is corrupted by the desire and security of money, and it manages to ruin the one pure thing in the world. Another example is the World Series in 1919, thrown by Wolfsheim. Baseball was an innocent sport and represented the American dream. But when Wolfsheim Gambled and brought money into the equation, he corrupted it.

6.
In the Jazz age, everything was going, going, going. Great music, people were cheerful, there were movie stars and glamour. Much like how Gatsby’s parties are ran. He has party’s all the time (mostly to attract Daisy), and all sorts of people from West Egg, East Egg and New York come and just have a good time.

7.
In New York City, a places where dreams meet reality. Tom knows where Gatsby gets his money from and so Daisy isn’t strong enough to take the risk and leave the security of Tom’s money for Gatsby.

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Aspirations N
I have high aspirations for my basketball team to go to state this year.

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Exasperate V
My tough defence was enough to exasperate the point guard.

Affable ADJ
My affable personality allows my to make new friends quite easily.

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Decadent ADJ
I am decadent in that I always buy the nicest things right when they come out

Pastoral ADJ
I bought a farm on my quest to be more pastoral

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Mesmerize (V)
I was mesmerized by the woman driving the hot dog truck because she was beautiful and i love hot dogs!

Sardonic (ADJ)
Anna's sardonic attitude caused me to fill a pillowcase full of bars of soap and beat the s%@# out of her...jk...

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Fractiousness-N
Happy Gillmore's fractiousness towards golf is the reason he beat up Bob Barker

Chapter 2

1) It is halfway between West Egg and New York, and it is a farm where ashes build up, like an old industrial site. Everything is grey, and it symbolizes shadow of death.
2) They are the eyes of God. His face is on a billboard, they are watching everything and they see everything, even though there is no one there.
3) Spiritless, Anemic, faintly hansom. His wife, Myrtle Wilson, is kind of opposite because she is so lively. She walks by him like he is dead and metaphorically he is.
4) New York is the place where dreams hit reality. Every time they go there their dreams run into reality. Myrtle dream disappears in New York and realizes Tom will never leave Daisy for her. And Tom smacks Myrtle in the face and breaks her nose.
5) It is a gossip magazine. It reinforces the gossip about Gatsby going around
6) Chester McKee. He needs an entry, that is why he is not successful.
7) She is a gossip queen, she talks a lot of trash. She
8) She was a catholic, it was brought up by Tom so that he could keep up his affair and stay out of trouble easier.
9) That is the life she wants to live. It represents the American Dream in that anything is possible, so go for it.
10) The dog is a mutt and that is what she is considered in the social class.
11) She is a high maintenance woman. She needs money in her life to bring her joys.
12) "They say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from." This means that he is REALLY rich. He's been making bank. So Catherine knows that he has power, but could also buy her things. It would be in her best intrest to be there and be careful not to break his trust.
13) Myrtle wants a police dog. Police dogs are pure bread, meaning high class. Myrtle wants to be in high class, but she gets a mutt, and is in the mutt, lower, class.
14) He broke her nose, which basically means that he obviously doesn't care about her, and that she doesn't belong in his class.

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Supercilious-ADJ
Anna's supercilious swagger is her downfall....fail!

Infinitesimal-ADJ
Infinitesimal is the exact opposite of colossal! And also the amount of importance I give to the color of my clothes....

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Levity-N
I gave levity to my incident involving a state speed sign because I am a teenage boy, and Thomas Jefferson said a little rebellion is a good thing every once in a while...or was it Adams?...

Extemporizing-V
By writing this sentence I am extemporizing, and trying to go really fast because I am the last one done....

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Colossal-ADJ
ANNA IS not COLOSSAL!...jk...she is...jk...

Complacency-N
My complacency for my guitar abilities is what makes me learn new songs?

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Feigned-V
My ankle isn't actually hurt, I just Feigned my way out of having to run at practice everyday. MwAhahaha!

Languidly-Adverb
The Skagway basketball team won the tournament languidly against the Canadians...

The Great Gatsby Chp1

1. It backs up one of the main themes in the novel: the American dream
2.He has some old money because his family owned a hardware store, but he is not rich. He feels he has a better system of judging people than others do because he has had that advantage of always having at least some amont of money. He wouldn't judge a poor person for running drugs because he knows that may be the only way the poor man has to get money for a meal.
3. June 7, 1922
4. Nick is a character who is somewhat in the shadows. He is not a huge hero that saves the day. He lives in the East part of town next to Daisy. He is the perfect narrator because he can easily see the love afiar between Daisy and Gatsby.
5. She is different. She is intelligent yet is withdrawn in her conversation with Nick.
6. He was intimidated.
7. Tom is a womanizer, a cheat-to-win kind of guy. He is racist and sexist.
9. She sees that men think woman have a place in society and that they should stay there. She uses this to get what she wants. She plays a little game called hook up with the rich dude. She is a golddigger.
10. He is racist, sexist and a womanizer. He uses the fact that he has money so that he could do whatever he wants whenever he wants. He's a bad husband because he is having an affair with a New Yorker. He fits in with old wealth.
11. Nick is from new wealth he lives on the west egg. West Egg represents new wealth while East Egg represents old wealth. Nick isn't a rich snob like Tom.

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Wan-ADJ
Jim's wan display at the game last night showed he did not practice in the off-season.

Prodigality- N
In my dream life i live in prodigality, buying new guitars and dirt bikes as I please.