The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
Connecting Device to Meaning Grid Activity [Major Grade]
Ch | Device/ Strategy [2] | Passage/p. # [2] | Connect to Meaning [8] |
1 | Juxtaposition | “There’s a bird on the lawn that I think must be a nightingale come over on the Cunard or White Star Line. He’s singing away – ” her voice sang. “It’s romantic, isn’t it, Tom?”… The telephone rang inside, startingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom, the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. (20) | The purpose of Juxtaposition in this passage is to highlight Daisy’s and Tom’s marital bond and the relationship between them. The author achieves this by implying soft, charming qualities of Daisy and comparing it to the harsh nature of Tom. The device is also used to show the contrast between the nightingale and the mysterious shrill phone call. The call cracks the happy atmosphere and further shows Tom’s negativity and hostility toward his wife. This passage also shows how weak and fragile the relationship between Tom and Daisy is as just one phone call and the entire romantic atmosphere between them disappears. The relationship is kind of confusing as they bluntly show that they do not love each other yet they stay together. |
2 | Setting(a setting specific to the novel, not – for ex., NYC) | "This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight." (23) | This reference to the valley of ashes paints of picture of entire poverty and never ending sadness....
Connecting Device to Meaning Grid Activity [Major Grade]
Ch | Device/ Strategy [2] | Passage/p. # [2] | Connect to Meaning [8] |
1 | Juxtaposition | “There’s a bird on the lawn that I think must be a nightingale come over on the Cunard or White Star Line. He’s singing away – ” her voice sang. “It’s romantic, isn’t it, Tom?”… The telephone rang inside, startingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom, the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. (20) | The purpose of Juxtaposition in this passage is to highlight Daisy’s and Tom’s marital bond and the relationship between them. The author achieves this by implying soft, charming qualities of Daisy and comparing it to the harsh nature of Tom. The device is also used to show the contrast between the nightingale and the mysterious shrill phone call. The call cracks the happy atmosphere and further shows Tom’s negativity and hostility toward his wife. This passage also shows how weak and fragile the relationship between Tom and Daisy is as just one phone call and the entire romantic atmosphere between them disappears. The relationship is kind of confusing as they bluntly show that they do not love each other yet they stay together. |
2 | Setting(a setting specific to the novel, not – for ex., NYC) | "This is a valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight." (23) | This reference to the valley of ashes paints of picture of entire poverty and never ending sadness....