Red: Passion, Love, Blood, Danger, Energy, Boldness

Brown: Ruggedness, Earthiness, Comfort, Dirtiness

White: Purity, Freshness, Innocence, Cleanliness, Blankness

Black: Mystery, Formality, Death, Elegance, Evilness

Gray: Misery, Gloominess, Uncleanliness, Indecisiveness

Green: Growth, Nature, Money , Envy

Blue: Strength, Stability, Serenity , Hopefulness

Pink: Softness , Compassion, Beauty

Purple: Royalty ,Power, Luxury , Magic, Creativity

Orange: Happiness, Enthusiasm ,Vibrancy, Friendliness

Yellow: Warmth, Cheerfulness, Caution , Optimism, Alertness, Riches, Glamor

The Great GatsbyBOOK of COLORS

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Nick Carraway

As you read, color in Nick’s picture according to the colors associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet from the text and the page number.

Close Reading Quotes from the NarratorChapter 1: I’m inclined to reserve all judgements… reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.

When I arrived back from the East, I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral atten-tion forever...Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to his book, was exempt from my reaction– Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn… No– Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it

is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams

that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.

Chapter 2: 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.

Chapter 7: I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade. Thirty– the promise

of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair...So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.

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After reading ch. 8, decide what “foul dust” preyed on Gatsby.

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How does the author create an extended metaphor here, and what is its deeper meaning?

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Why did the author use two antonyms in this explanation?

How do these things correlate?A

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How does this paragraph contradict the first paragraph?

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What does it mean to be “within and with-out?”

How does repetition unify this paragraph?

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Daisy Buchanan

As you read, color in Daisy’s picture according to the colors associated with her in the text. Label each color with a snippet from the text and the page number.

F. Scott Fitzgerald puts a great deal of emphasis on Daisy’s voice. Use this space keep track of Daisy’s voice.

Voice

Passages used to describe Daisy’s voice

A Key Quote from Daisy (Doesn’t have to be directly with the voice description)

Chapter 1 Chapter 1“ ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool– that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool’ ” (Fitzgerald 21).

Chapter 5 Chapter 5

Chapter 7“ ‘Her voice is full of money’ ...That was it….It was full of money– that was the inex-haustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it” (Fitz-gerald 127).

Chapter 7

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Tom Buchanan

As you read, color in Tom’s picture according to the colors associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet from the text and the page number.

Weigh the Evidence

Daisy Myrtle

Who does Tom love more?

Final thoughts summary using evidence from the text:

Directions: Throughout the novel, add evidence on both sides of the beam to see who wins out in the end.

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Myrtle Wilson

As you read, color in Myrtle’s picture according to the colors associated with her in the text. Label each color with a snippet from the text and the page number.

Climbing the Social LadderSocial class mobility is a prominent theme in The Great Gatsby. In the 1920s at a time when bootlegging and the stock market were booming, the dreams of a rags to riches life seemed more attainable than ever before. This concept of climbing the social ladder is revealed through the character of Myrtle Wilson.

List Myrtle’s steps to rise above her class. Include evidence to show that she already associates herself with a higher class.

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Gatsby

As you read, color in Gatsby’s picture according to the colors associated with him in the text. Label each color with a snippet from the text and the page number.

Rumors Truths

Throughout the novel, fill in the information about Gatsby.

Also, jot down all of the quotes related to Gatsby’s hopes and dreams. Then, form a “found poem” using parts of the quotes to poetically describe a theme in the book.Quotes: Hope Poem

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Chapter 7 Police ReportDirections: After reading the about the incident in chapter 7, pretend that you are the officer questioning Michaelis. Be as detailed as possible.

Witness Name: _________________________________ Age: ___________City: __________________________________ State: ___________________Employed At: ___________________________________________________Completed Statement Date: ___________Time: _____ Place: _________Where and When did this incident happen?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Who was involved? (Include names and addresses if known)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What happened?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Voluntary Witness Statement

Flower Symbolism chapter 8Directions: Brainstorm and research symbolism or stereotypes associated with each flower then use your findings to compare how the flower fits the character it’s associated with.

Rose

Daisy

Myrtle

GatsbyHe must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is…