The Great Gatsby

In preparation for immersion into The Great Gatsby a few videos will provide background on the society in 1920's America and F. Scott Fitzgerald as a person. Please follow the assignment schedule for video watching, reading, and note taking.

BBC Culture Show

Winter Dreams

American Masters F. Scott Fitzgerald in 9 parts

The Great Gatsby introduction

Vocabulary for Gatsby

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4

fractiousness credulity distraught incessant

feigned ascertain vestige ravenously

exempt convivial fluctuate pervaded

bantering punctilious turgid amorphous

complacency somnambulate contingency adventitious

intimation labyrinth profusion superfluous

desolate disconcerting saunter deferred

supercilious sinister dilatory jaunty

apathetic abstract affront transitory

languid juxtapose inviolate incoherent

hauteur intermittent sumptuous

prodigality presumptuous facet

vehemently formidable vacuous

epigram

extemporizing

rotogravure

oculist

Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9

Great Gatsby chapter 1

Great Gatsby chapter 2

THe Great Gatsby chapter 3

Gatsby chapter 4

Gatsby chapter 5

If you are interested in this time period or the expat experience in the 1920's, research the following people:

Earnest Hemingway

Zora Neale Hurston

Gertrude Stein

E.E. Cummings

William Faulkner

T.S. Eliot

Carl Sandburg

Zelda Fitzgerald

WebQuest

Link to The Crack Up

The cost to become Gatsby infographic link

Gasby ideals video link 1 video link 2 video link 3

Great Gatsby Thesis link

Beyond the page link

Spoiler Alert!!!! These are great sites but they do reveal information about The Great Gatsby that may influence your reading of the book. Proceed with caution!

The Great Gatsby online game link

Character map link

Great Gatsby comic link

Gatsby Chapter 6

Gatsby Chapter 7