Focus: What's the larger importance of the pool in Chapter 8?
All of today's activities will be done in our live class at 2:30! See you there!
1. Warming up with significance of the pool in Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby
2. Enjoying our live fishbowl discussion of The Great Gatsby
- Make sure you have posted your journal entries for Chapters 2-8 on your Gatsby blog.
- If you missed today's discussion, you need to make it up within 24 hours by posting your comments on today's class blog.
Weekly Tasks To Accomplish by next Friday:
REQUIRED:
REQUIRED:
- Finish The Great Gatsby; use these prompts to guide your Level 3 thinking.
- Post to your blog your journal on Chapter 9; try to incorporate at least one of the prompts linked above.
- Join our last, live discussion at 2:30 on Fridays. It will be a Socratic, not a fishbowl, so come prepared to speak!
- Watch the Grammar screencasts and take the quizzes (on the website).
- Complete the 5-minute Wednesday Creative Write.
- Practice the Gatsby vocabulary words on Quizlet.
I think the pool represents the emptiness that gatsby had throughout his life.
ReplyDeletei think the pool represents peace which gatsby didn't have a lot of
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. It always seemed like Gatsby was doing something.
DeleteI think that Gatsby died in the pool becasue it was on the water with Dan Cody that he became himself and it was in the water (the pool) that it ended.
ReplyDeleteThe pool represents Gatsbys loneliness and the sense of missing something.
ReplyDeleteI think it represents how Gatsby tried his best to please others for this one girls attention. He hosted magnificant parties in the pool but didn't swim in it himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that the pool represented all of the things about Gatsby that were just for show. His wealth, success, and overall persona was a show to impress and please everyone else, especially Daisy. I think it is ironic that he hadn't been in his pool all summer, yet that is where his life ended.
DeleteThe pool symbolizes cleansing like the rain. It washed away what Gatsby has done in the past.
ReplyDeleteI think that the pool symbolizes Gatsby's emptiness and may also symbolize the circle of life. It can also represent how Gatsby reflected upon himself as a liar and he is being cleansed from all his lies and sins
ReplyDeleteI thin the pool is there to represent baptism. Especially in the movie as he comes out of the water right before he is shot. he's cleansed of his sins.
ReplyDeleteI think its not so much the pool as it is the water. Gatsby's life changed in the ocean when he met Dan, though he wasn't swimming in the ocean it's still water, and so his life ends in the water.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a very good point, water almost always symbolizes change it literature. It can also symbolize life and memories.
DeleteI think this just shows that all Gatsby really cared for was Daisy. He threw all of these magnificent parties many of which included the pool but Gatsby never actually went in the pool. His first time going into the pool resulted in his death.
ReplyDeleteI think the pool may represent Gatsby's wealth and how far he has come but the pool was only for show at his parties. Since Daisy never came to his parties I think his death in the pool maybe symbolizing the inability to have Daisy since she didn't call.
ReplyDeleteI feel that Tom is going to hurt Daisy mentally or physically
ReplyDeleteI think Daisy and Tom will never be the same again.
Delete"They are a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together" (154). Why did Nick said this?
ReplyDeleteTo make Gatsby feel better. In a not so obviously way of saying that Gatsby is worth more than what Daisy can offer him and that he deserves better.
Delete"Just before I reached the hedge I remembered something . . . 'They're a rotten crowd,' I shouted . . . 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together. ' I've always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end." after Nick said this it really got me thinking, why was Nick acting as Gatsby's only real friend if he disapproved of him?
ReplyDeleteI think that Nick was just trying to be nice to someone who seems to be lonely. I feel that we have all seen people like this in our lives. Usually those people are trying to figure out who they are as people and how to be a better person
DeleteI think this is because Nick feel sympathy for Gatsby. Gatsby is always by himself and he doesn't have anyone else to talk with.
DeleteI dont think this means he disaproves of Gatsby, I think that what Nicks said represents his love for Gatsby in the beginning of the book. Nick really liked Gatsby's parties and how mysterious he was and since Gatsby has changed I think Nick was trying to tell him that hes worth more than any money he acquires.
DeleteI think Nick was bored and was probably just looking for a new friend.
DeleteI feel that since Daisy almost left Tom for Gatsby, and since now Gatsby and Myrtle are now dead, I think Tom will realize how special Daisy is.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think that Tom may realize that she made the choice to be with him since she didn't call Gatsby. But i think that Tom and Daisy may not trust each other after all the incidents that had happened throughout the book with them.
DeleteI agree with that but I feel that nothing is going to change with Tom except for the woman that he is cheating on her with
Deletei agree with that I feel like he doesn't know what he has until he doesn't have daisy
DeleteI kind of disagree because I think Tom is too prideful to admit that he wants Daisy. I think he will always put himself and Daisy in a position where she is the one chasing him instead of the other way around.
DeleteDo you think Daisy is going to Gatsby's funeral?
ReplyDeleteI think Daisy is going to go to his funeral and Tom will be upset at this gesture
DeleteOn page 148 it says, "She was the first 'nice' girl he had ever known." Along with that, Gatsby remembered Daisy's life at the beginning of their relationship where she lived in a big and beautiful house with many rooms, corridors, and things inside. He remembered how many guys were also going after her which made him believe she was worth even more. Also, he said how her voice had money in it. After that paragraph, I started to wonder if this entire time Gatsby has been chasing Daisy for her personality, kindness, etc. or if he just always wanted the elegant life that she lived. I think all this time Gatsby has thought that if he had Daisy, the life he always dreamed of would come with her. So it was never Daisy the woman he wanted, it was the life, and Daisy represented that elegant, rich life.
ReplyDeleteIf Gatsby were able to look over his dead body in the pool, would he regret any of his decisions? Would he regret spending an entire chapter of his life going after a girl, or dream, that was just out of reach?
ReplyDelete"I thought of the night when I first came to his ancestral home, three months before."
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the author included this in the book? I think he was trying to help the reader realize all that has changed in 3 months.
"If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream."
ReplyDeleteWhat does the author mean by this? I think he is saying Gatsby was dreaming for too long and let his opportunity slip away.
I think the pool isn't very symbolic and is just a sign of wealth.
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