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Discussion Lead; The Great Gatsby

By Gabrielle Capaz

Questions to Discuss

Ch.1 - Why does Daisy say she hoped her daughter would be a beautiful fool?

Ch.2 - According to Catherine, Myrtle’s sister, why don’t Tom and Daisy Buchanan get a divorce? Is this the truth? If not, how/why did this rumor start?

Ch.3 - What kind of rumors are there about Gatsby? Why are there so many rumors, in other words, why do people care so much?

Biographical Context

  • Fitzgerald used many experiences from his own life to write his novels.
  • Fitzgerald had attended lost of parties while visiting Long Island
  • He attended an Ivy League, much like Nick
  • He has many similarities between himself and Gatsby
  • He met Zelda while stationed in the army
  • He spent his whole life trying to prove himself to Zelda
  • Zelda, like Daisy, represented everything he wanted in a women but was completely wrong for him.

"JAZZ AGE"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

-Historical:

  • Also known as the Roaring Twenties, Fitzgerald become most successful in Paris during the 1920s.
  • There he became friends with Ernest Hemingway
  • Ernest Hemingway did not like Zelda

-Cultural:

  • Great Depression ended
  • Start of Jazz music and dance

-Youth:

  • Rebel against tradition

-Women:

  • The Flapper Girl for Equality
  • Idealism

Life of Francis Scott Fitzgerald

  • Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Part of the "Lost Generation"
  • Upper middle class
  • Parents; Mollie and Edward Fitzgerald
  • Lived in Buffalo, New York the first decade of his life
  • Attended Catholic schools then Princeton University
  • In 1917, Joined the army.
  • Met Zelda while stationed at Montgomery Alabama
  • Zelda and Fitzgerald were engaged then broken up then reengaged when he publishes The Side of Paradise.

September 24,1896 - December 21,1940

Literary Works:

This Side of Paradise

The Beautiful and Damned

The Great Gatsby

Tender is The Night

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