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Gatsby" Suggests The Sort of Vaudeville Billing That Would Have Been Given To An Acrobat, An Escape Artist, or A
Gatsby" Suggests The Sort of Vaudeville Billing That Would Have Been Given To An Acrobat, An Escape Artist, or A
Rationale
a. Significance of the paper
1.
The reason of the technical research on relation to its upcoming stage performance.
2.
Objectives of the play that you are about to perform/produce. Relate to the theme of the unit.
The first reason is, to know what the significance and relevance of the story. Second, what was the message of the
story and to understand more the story. And last reason is to learn, what was the mpral lesson of this story.
II.
Analysis
A. Close Reading Analysis
1. Answer the questions to check your comprehension .
a. Choose one/ two actions / decisions of Gatsby. State his actions / decisions that are significant to
the plot. Then state if you agree or disagree with his actions . then, defend your answer.
When Gatsby said to Daisy that, Daisy will said the truth to her husband and after, they will lived together. Im
disagree, because in the end Daisy choose her husband over Gatsby. And because of that Gatsby gets frustrated
because he build those palace because of her but in the end it becomes useless.
b. What makes Gatsby Great? do you think the title is ironic?. Defend your answer.
In one sense, the title of the novel is ironic; the title character is neither great nor named Gatsby. He is a criminal
whose real name is James Gatz, and the life he has created for himself is an illusion. By the same token, the title of
the novel refers to the theatrical skill with which Gatsby makes this illusion seem real: the moniker the Great
Gatsby suggests the sort of vaudeville billing that would have been given to an acrobat, an escape artist, or a
magician. He called The Great Gatsby, because even if he gaves the people parties, or whatever they want in
his palace no one of them came to his funeral service.
c. At the end of the story, what was the sad reality that made Nick very frustrating towards the people around
him.
Nick hates the people around him. They are vacuous self-indulgent ghosts of real people. Although thousands of
people attended Gatsbys parties and enjoyed his hospitality, none, including Daisy, will attend Gatsby's funeral.
Nick sums these ideas best near the end of the novel when he tells Gatsby, "You're worth the whole damn bunch
put together."
Paper 2
Analysis
B. Critical Analysis- Marxism
1. Answer the following questions:
a. After reading the socio-economic background of the text, explain why Gatsby decided to do the things he
did just to get Daisys attention.
When Nick says to Gatsby that he invite Daisy over a tea, at first He didnt want too. But I think he also missed
Daisy, and he still in love with Daisy. Gatsby wants to get attention of Daisy because, he wants to get back Daisy. He wants
to stay Daisy beside him.
b. Interpret the purpose of the writer in writing this piece. Relate your answer to your response to letter.
Fitzgerald's purpose was to satirize the values of the upper class during the period of the "Roaring Twenties," and
to question the materialistic meaning of the allusive "American Dream." The author illuminates the lack of morality in
a society where wealth, glamour, and the accumulation of things is the basis upon which true happiness is believed
to be found.
C. State the dominant theme of the entire novel.
The dominant theme of the entire novel are honesty, class, violence, world war I, religion, gender-role, and
decay.
IV.
Daisy: Is this absolutely where you live, my dearest one? Are you in love with me?... or why did I have to come alone?
Nick: Thats the secret of Castle Rackrent. Tell your chauffeur to go far away and spend an hour.
Daisy: Come back in an hour, Ferdie. His name is Fredie.
Nick: Does the gasoline affect his nose?
Daisy: I dont think so. Why?
Nick: Well thats funny.
Daisy: Whats funny?
Gatsby: My house looks well doesnt it? See how the whole front of it catches the light. It took me just three years to to
earn the money that bought it.
Nick: I thought you inherited your money.
Gatsby: I did, old sport, but I lost most of it in the big panic ------ the panic of the war. Thats my affair. Oh, Ive been in
several things. I was in in the drug business and then I was in the oil business. But Im not in either one now.
Daisy: That huge place there?
Gatsby: Do you like it?
Daisy: I love it, but I dont see how you live there all alone.
Gatsby: I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people.
Gatsby: Its the funniest thing old sport. I cant when I try to ---
Daisy: Ive got a man in England who buys me clothes. He sends over a selection of things that at the beginning of oech
season, spring and fall. Theyre such beautiful shirts. It makes me sad because Ive never seen such such beautiful shirts
before.
Gatsby: If it wasnt for the mist we could see your home across the bay. You always have a green light that burns all night
at the end of your dock.
Mr. Klipspringer: Im all out of practice. I told you I couldnt play. Im all out of prac--Gatsby: Dont talk so much, old sport. Play!