February 25 - Jr. American Lit.

You will need:Pen/PencilNotebook

Homework:Read and complete

the assignments on the worksheet “The Great Gatsby: A Novel of a Generation”

Agenda:Quick-writeUnit ObjectivesNotes: Intro to Fitzgerald

and The Great GatsbyBegin reading “The Great

Gatsby: A Novel of a Generation”

Goals:Understand the history of

Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby

Quick-Write

What is the American Dream?

Objectives: Students will...

Analyze the social, cultural, and historical significance of settings to enhance comprehension.

Understand that plot developments reflect social, cultural, and historical conflicts.

Analyze how multiple characters acting as narrators, each with a limited and possibly unreliable narrative perspective, influence the interpretation of events and characters.

Analyze how changes in setting reinforce developments in character.

Analyze how flashbacks function within and advance the plot.

Analyze how climax functions within and advances the plot.

Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott FitzgeraldBorn Sept. 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, MNGraduated from Princeton in 1917Joined the army in 1917

Discharged in 1919 Never fought overseas

Moved to New York to pursue writing career

First successful novel – This Side of Paradise – published in 1920

Married to Zelda Sayre in 1920Daughter Frances Scott “Scottie”

Fitzgerald born in 1921Fitzgerald became an alcoholic in early

1920’s

Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Moved to France in 1924 Zelda had an affair – nearly broke them up Wrote The Great Gatsby

Traveled around Europe and the USA Met Ernest Hemingway – among others Failed as Hollywood screenwriter and playwright

The “Crack-up” of the 1930’s Fitzgerald became ill, in debt, and unsuccessful Zelda was committed to various mental hospitals Scottie was sent to boarding school in 1935 – spoke

only via mailWorked as a Hollywood screenwriter in

1939-1940, making $1,000 a week Paid most of his debts, but failed to save any money

Died of a heart attack Dec. 21, 1940 at the age of 44

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald’s best-known novelOriginally published in 1925Set on Long Island and in New York

CityDirect commentary on the American

DreamLargely unpopular until re-publication

in 1945, despite being turned into both a play and film by 1926

Fitzgerald dislike the title, but was convinced to keep it by his wife and his publisher

Widely regarded as the defining novel of 20th century American literature