1. LIT HIIT:
Fitzgerald shifts Nick Caraway from reliable to unreliable narrator with Nick’s introduction to Gatsby and his world because __________________.
- Complete the literary claim by considering the reason or effect of the literary choice by Fitzgerald.
- Find as many specific quotes that support Mrs. Schulenberg-Cole's literary claim. Write these in your notes. Be ready to discuss and connect evidence back to claim.
Point --> Seamus Heaney (a poet) uses potato-based puns to enforce his love of potatoes
Example --> He says: "Without potatoes/I would not be rooted in this life" (yes this is made up)
Explanation --> The word "rooted" refers back both to the author's roots and also to the nature of potatoes themselves which are root vegetables. He also uses a very effective sentence structure to emphasize the significance of potatoes by making them the start of the phrase, the verb in the middle and then with "life" as the last word in the phrase, the stresses fall in such a way that the two seem linked…. etc etc etc. I
2. How does each sentence function?
Sammy's descriptions of the A & P present a setting that is ugly, monotonous, and rigidly regulated. The chain store is a common fixture in modern society, so the reader can identify with the uniformity Sammy describes. The fluorescent light is as blandly cool as the "checkerboard green-and-cream rubber tile floor" (486). The "usual traffic in the store moves in one direction (except for the swim suited girls, who move against it), and everything is neatly organized and categorized in tidy aisles. The dehumanizing routine of this environment is suggested by Sammy's offhand references to the typical shoppers as "sheep," "house slaves," and "pigs” (486). These regular customers seem to walk through the store in a stupor; as Sammy indicates, not even dynamite could move them out of their routine (485).
3. Snippet Assignment and Discussion
Snippet is due: Group A- Tuesday, October 6th. Group B- Friday, October 9th.
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