Comments on: The Great Gatsby: Connector: Period 1 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/21/the-great-gatsby-connector-period-1/ Shanks for Bloggin! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tale_of_2_cities http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/21/the-great-gatsby-connector-period-1/comment-page-1/#comment-634 tale_of_2_cities Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:26:20 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=696#comment-634 To answer this I'm going to go back to what I wrote on my own post. One of the things I talked about was how Fitzgerald uses the physical features of a character to describe how they act as well. This quote about Gatsby gives us a little insight to him even though we know nothing about him. The smile is described as being confident and understanding. This might very well be how Gatsby's character will act. This quote also makes me wonder if Gatsby has been through a lot more than we had thought him to be. So far we know only that he is very rich and has gotten his money through a relative. Other than that we don't really know about him as a person. What kind of struggles did he face growing up? What were his parents like? Perhaps his smile is understanding because he knows what it's like to be in that other position. He is definitely a different character than the others around him. Let's hope that he stays that way! Erin B To answer this I’m going to go back to what I wrote on my own post. One of the things I talked about was how Fitzgerald uses the physical features of a character to describe how they act as well. This quote about Gatsby gives us a little insight to him even though we know nothing about him. The smile is described as being confident and understanding. This might very well be how Gatsby’s character will act. This quote also makes me wonder if Gatsby has been through a lot more than we had thought him to be. So far we know only that he is very rich and has gotten his money through a relative. Other than that we don’t really know about him as a person. What kind of struggles did he face growing up? What were his parents like? Perhaps his smile is understanding because he knows what it’s like to be in that other position. He is definitely a different character than the others around him. Let’s hope that he stays that way!

Erin B

]]> By: tale_of_2_cities http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/21/the-great-gatsby-connector-period-1/comment-page-1/#comment-599 tale_of_2_cities Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:31:51 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=696#comment-599 The quote made by Nick makes Gatsby seem like a very interesting character. The way that he is smiling makes him sound kind of stuck up and very sure of himself, as if he things too highly of himself. Yet Nick respects him for this smile so you have to wonder if he really is stuck up. I agree that it will be interesting to follow Gatsby because we never have had a real meeting with him yet in the story. At this time I am not sure if I like of dislike Gatsby! ~Lauren Gress~ The quote made by Nick makes Gatsby seem like a very interesting character. The way that he is smiling makes him sound kind of stuck up and very sure of himself, as if he things too highly of himself. Yet Nick respects him for this smile so you have to wonder if he really is stuck up. I agree that it will be interesting to follow Gatsby because we never have had a real meeting with him yet in the story. At this time I am not sure if I like of dislike Gatsby!
~Lauren Gress~

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