Chapter 20 (Grapes)

We vs. I

The Role of Women

Casy takes the blame for knocking down the cop

Ma feels responsible for feeding all the kids

Floyd Knowles - Talkin' Red (Communism of time (Soviet Union)), fixing car to go North

Hooverville - Ragged town of tents and cardboard boxes, "Homeless Town"

• Allusion to Herbert Hoover
  

Mayor

Contractor

Connie disappears/goes away

• Poverty drives families apart

Uncle John gets Drunk

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CHAPTER 21


Muloch is the God of Capitalism

Grapes of Wrath "Monster"

To me, the machine is a symbol of destruction and anger. All it does is cut down fields and crops that farmer's have attended to all their lives pretty much, striving over their fields day after day, just to have it taken away from them because the bank doesn't want them there anymore. Whoever is operating this behemith of a tractor, AKA Willy Freely, is also becoming part of a tractor. For a man that operates a tractor all day just for three dollars, is a working monkey for the bank. A poor man who would do anything to feed his family. This Monster is the symbol for machines, capitalism, and humanity. Nothing but unfairness work put towards driving innocent farmers away fro their hard earned and heat scolding lands.

Grapes of Wrath: Turtle

All the turtle wants to do is cross the road and be free. As he's making his way across, a car stands to speed up the road, a Sedan that is. It doesn't see the turtle until the last split second and veers off to the side almost crushing the turtle. Even if it were to hit it, I don't think that it would have crushed the turtle, since his shell is extremely tough to shatter. He continues on his way across the street, when another car speeds down the road. This time though, the car tries to hit the turtle. Nicking the side of the shell, the turtle spins out of control, popping it's head and legs back into the shell for protection.
Good thing that the turtle has a hard exterior shell, that's almost indestructible. The slow movement of the turtle gives off the view that this turtle acts like an old person trying to get somewhere. Turtles have been around for many years, hundreds, maybe even thousands and millions. They can make it through anything that comes their way.

Grapes of Wrath (chapters 1-2)

Chapter 1

The story begins with the explanation of the Dust Bowl, and how it had affected the lands of the Panhandle and such. The dust blew in all over the territory and crops of many farmers, into homes and buildings, cars and anything alike. Men stand along their crop fields, gazing in disbelief at their newly ruined crops, knowing that their food wouldn't be eatable.

Setting: The Red and Grey Country, Panhandle Area, Oklahoma and Nebraska territory.


Chapter 2

The story moves towards a truck stop diner, where we find a large man sitting at the counter on a stool, wearing nothing but brand new cheap clothes. As he sips his coffee, he interacts with the waitress, trying to draw up conversation and the needless random questions. The man leaves the diner, only to find a man sitting outside, just waiting to ask him for a ride. We later find out that the hitchhikers name is Joad, a convicted man who commited homicide. As the roll on down the road, we learn the pasts and presents of the two men. Both with great intentions in their eyes. At the end of the chapter, Joad is let out at the beginning of a dirt road, as the man in the red truck squeels away down the other way.


Exposition: The Dust Bowl moving all over the Panhandle Area
Inciting Event: The man meets Joad

Citation

Duboff, Josh.
iPhone Addiction is for Real, says Stanford Study.
Stanford College. March 8, 2010.
Web Page/Article
http://nymag.com (/daily/intel/2010/03/iphone_addiction_is_for_real_s.html)
DOL: March 8, 2010

Ng, Amanda.
Phone Turns Users Into Junkies, Study Finds.
Chicago, Illinois. March 9, 2010.
Web Page
http://www.huffingtonpost.com (/2010/03/09/iphone-addiction-study-pa_n_490748.html)
DOL: March 9, 2010

Jessica.
Overcome iPhone Obsession or Smart Phone Addiction
August 18, 2009.
Web Page
http://www.saching.com (/Article/iPhone-Addiction--Overcome-iPhone-obsession-or-Smart-phone-addiction/3563)
DOL: August 19, 2009

Laster, Jill.
Students Worry About iPhone Addiction
March 1, 2010.
Web Page/Article
http://chronicle.com (/blogPost/Students-Worry-About-iPhone/21539/)
DOL: March 1, 2010.

Gatsby Study Guide

Great Gatsby Study Guide
Main Plot:
Exposition: Chapters 1 and 2. Nick gets reacquainted with Daisy and Tom, Nick sees Gatsby reaching towards the Green Light, Tom and Myrtle’s Party.
Inciting Event: Nick goes to Gatsby’s Party.
Rising Action:
• Nick meets Wolfsheim
• Jordan tells Nick about Gatsby and Daisy
• Nick arranges for Gatsby and Daisy to meet
• Gatsby goes to Daisy’s House
• Gatsby’s Second Party
Climax: Tom confronts Gatsby on how he makes his money, which freaks Daisy out.
Falling Action:
• Daisy hits Myrtle with the car
• Gatsby watches Daisy from afar
• Nick sees Tom and Daisy conferring
• Gatsby is shot and killed by Wilson
• Nobody comes to Gatsby’s Funeral
Resolution: Nick is sick of it all and returns home to the West

Symbols
• The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg: The Eyes of God and Death
• The Green Light: Gatsby’s Dream, Infiniate Possabilities, Daisy, (Return to Past)
• Gatsby’s Car: Freedom, Wealth, Wrecklessness; (Motif: Bad Drivers)
• West Egg (New Money) , East Egg (Old Money), Valley of Ashes (Death) , New York (Reality)
• Owl Eyes: Sees more than what is really there (sounds like Allies
• Dog Collar:
• Daisy’s Necklace: $350,000 Necklace Tom bought; Daisy’s security
• White Girl Hood, Rise of the Colored Races, Beautiful Little Fool


Ironies
• Rise of the Colored Races
• Beautiful Fool
• Daisy killing Myrtle (Situational Irony)
• Nick forgetting but remembering his birthday (Situational Irony)
• Nick is called a bad driver by Jordan, who herself is a bad driver
• Nobody comes to Gatsby’s Funeral
o Klipspringer calls for his shoes
o Wolfsheim cant get mixed-up in it
o Gatsby’s Father arrives
• Nick sees Tom, the richest man he knows, acting like a child

Subplot: Jordan & Nick
Exposition: Nick meets Jordan at Daisy’s house
Inciting Event: Gatsby’s Party
Rising Action:
• They begin to date each other
• Jordan tells Nick the back story of Gatsby and Daisy
• He remembers the story of Jordan cheating at Golf
• Discussion about Bad Drivers
• Nick and Jordan with Daisy and Gatsby at Daisy’s house
Climax: NYC – Tom confronts Gatsby, making Nick remember he forgot his birthday
Falling Action:
• Seeing the aftermath of Myrtle’s accident
• Refusing to come inside Tom’s house
• Hanging up on Jordan
Resolution: Jordan telling Nick she is engaged. Admits he’s still half in love with her, but still leaves anyways.




Dynamic Character
• Nick Carraway: Doesn’t judge people in the beginning. Towards the end he hates everyone and decides he wants to move away back West to where he belongs.
• George Wilson: He was an innocent man in the beginning. In chapter 7, he sees his wife killed in the middle of the street. Chapter 8, he goes and kills Gatsby, thinking it was him who killed Myrtle, then shoots himself.

Settings
• West Egg: New Money
• East Egg: Old Money
• Valley of Ashes: Death and Sorrow
• New York City: True Reality

Allusions
• The 1919 World Series (Black Sox Scandal)
• Wolfsheim – Arnold Rothstein (real person)
• Buchanan – President James Buchanan (15th President)
• J. P. Morgan – Railroad Tycoon (Richest Man in the 1900s)
• Midas – Literary Allusion – Man who turned things to Gold
• Dutch Sailors – Seeing America for the first time
• Songs – The History of Jazz (Paul Whiteman)
• The Rise of the Color Empire
• Roosevelt – Teddy Roosevelt
• Silent Movies/Worlds Fair/Coney Island


Themes
• The Failure of the American Dream
o George Wilson – Failure to Succeed
o Gatsby is Chapters 7-9
• Myrtle – Dream of being Rich
• Wolfsheim
• God is Dead
o Immoral ----→ Tom has so many affairs (Still comes up untouchable)
o The Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg – Look down on the death of Myrtle and nothing happens to Daisy, but Gatsby gets murdered.
• Jordan cheating at Golf
• People getting blindly drunk and wrecking cars
• The Inability to Repeat the Past / The Meaning of Time
o Gatsby wants to return five years in the past and marry Daisy in Lousiville – Daisy has a daughter now
o Wolfsheim talks about the past (friend gets shot)
o Jordan talking about Daisy and Gatsby’s past
o Last chapter – Boats against the Current sailing into the past
• The Jazz Age / Roaring Twenties
o Flappers / Rise of Female Athletes
o Abundance of People always Drinking
o Dances & Music
o Rise of Organized Crime
o The idea of living in the moment
o The war and the desire for some to return to somewhere else

Short Answers
+ What are some ways Gatsby invented himself?
• Changes his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby
• Buys a big house and everything to impress one girl
• Went to Oxford (Oggsford)
+ What are some images, motifs associated with Daisy?
• The Green Light
• Last Name: Daisy Fey
• Her voice is full of money (White Girl Hood)

+ What images, motifs are associated with Gatsby? What does his name suggest?

• Gatsby → Gats (Guns)
• Car
• House
• Suits
• The Grand Parties
• The Honorable Thief

+ What motifs are associated with Jordan Baker?

• Bad Drivers
• Balancing something on her chin
• Golf

+ What image is connected with Myrtle at the end of the book?

• The dog collar
• Tom has her on a leash but doesn’t plan on making her equal











+ Discuss the following:

• Time
o We are all caught in time & are slaves to it
• Rumors
o Mysteries about Gatsby
• Discuss who Gatsby is – Negative Ways – “It’s exciting”
o Intelligence (Higher Class: Ideas) (Lower Class: People)
• Green Light
o Dreams
• Parties
o Wrecklessness – Wildness of the time
• Cars
o Freedom – Also shows wrecklessness with that freedom


+ Discuss the meaning of the last page of the novel

Represents the time of the era and the dreams people have been having throughout the book. The dreams hold infinite possibilities until they come in contact with time and events in the time.



• Gatsby attended Oxford: TRUE
• Tom was in WWI: FALSE
• George knew who Myrtle’s lover was: FALSE
• Gatsby first met Daisy in Louisville: TRUE
• Gatsby bought his father a house: TRUE

Chapter 9 Journal

Alot of reporters and such go to Gatsby's house and try to find out all the informaton about Gatsby's death. Nick decides he wants to set up a funeral for Gatsby and wants all his friends and family to come. Everyone Nick wnats to come to the funeral either turns it down or he can't find them. The only ones to be at Gatsby's funeral are Nick, Gatsby's father, some servants, and Owl Eyes. We learn a little about his father, and how Gatsby's bought him a house. Nick realizes how sick he is of where he is now, and decides he wants to move back to the west where he feels as though he belongs. He breaks up with Jordan when he hangs up on her cause she wanted to go out on a date with him, then she reveals to him that she's actually engaged now. Before Nick is about to leave, he finds Tom walking down the street. They chat for awhile, and Tom admits he told Wilson that it was Gatsby's car that hit Myrtle. This makes Nick really see the true side of Tom and Daisy and realizes they're self centered arrogant people. Nick goes over to Gatsby's mansion before he leaves back to Minnesota. He lays down staring at the moon light. He realizes that the people he's been hanging out with, are the ones who aren't his style.

Chapter 8 Journal

Nick is awakened by the sound of a taxi that has just dropped Gatsby off at his house. He gets up, and heads over there to see if anything is wrong. When he gets there the door is wide open, with Gatsby standing there, leaning against a table. He had been waiting for Daisy to come to the window is signal she was okay, but that didn't happen until about 4am. She went to the window and just turned out the light after standing there for about a minute. This marked the end to Daisy and Gatsby's secret relationship.
Nick noticed how big Gatsby's house truly was without all the party guests there day in and day out. They were searching for cigarettes in every room, and after awhile they found a dusty pack of them. Nick tells Gatsby that he should get out of town now that the police know it was him, or soon would be him. (Only because Tom couldn't blame it on Daisy) Gatsby wouldn't go until he knew what would happen between himself and Daisy in the future. He begins to tell Nick the story on how him and Daisy first met, and the relationship they built before he just left for war without telling her. She knew he was going to war, but he asked her to promise him that she'd wait for him until he returned, but she didn't. She married Tom because of their parents, and seeing how rich Tom was, she married him.
Gatsby's gardener comes up to him and tells him he needs to drain the pool so that the leaves don't clog up. Gatsby realizes he wasn't taken a swim in it at all, so he decides he finally wants too. As Nick is walking back towards his house, he turns around and lets Gatsby know that he is worth more than the Buchanan's and all his friends. Gatsby is Nick's best friend. The next day, Nick is so worried about everything, mostly the car accident. Jordan Baker calls him up, and Nick refuses the date she asks him out on. Seeing as how much Nick has fallen for Jordan through the entire book makes it seem weird that he would turn down a date she asked him on. Nick tries calling Gatsby, but it seems his line is busy the whole time. He finds out that Gatsby has been trying to keep the line open for a call from Detroit.
George Wilson has been sitting up all night, thinking about the tradgic event that has happened to his wife, Myrtle. Michealis has been sitting up with him all night. When dawn comes, Wilson is focused on the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard. He feels as though they are the eyes of God, and that God is telling him to track down Myrtle's killer. He finds Tom one day, and Tom tells him who Myrtle's 'secret' lover is, he tells him Gatsby.
Wilson heads over to Gatsby' house, and finds him floating on a mattress in the pool, shoots him, and then shoots himself, each dying instantly. Nick returns back to his house, and finds Gatsby floating in the pool dead. He feels the emptiness in his heart for Gatsby.

Symbols: Green light, T.J. Eckleburg, Gun, Death

Chapter 7 Journal

Gatsby begins to call off all his parties, and actually fires all his servants, and hires new ones that don't truly act like servants. Nick decides to drive over to Tom and Daisy's house for lunch, but when he arrives there, he finds Jordan Baker and Gatsby there as well. A nurse walks into the room with a baby, which is tom and Daisys. Gatsby is stunned and cannot believe it's actually her baby. Daisy asks Gatsby if he would like to go into town. Gatsby, all love struck by Daisy, makes Tom notice that they might have or will be with eachother sooner or they did before. Tom, butting in, tells Daisy that he wants to go to the city together, but Daisy isn't amused by his answer. Tom, Nick, and Jordan all ride in Gatsby's car, while Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom's car. They stop at Wilsons gas station, where Tom gets out and see Wilson, looking like he's dead sick. Tom relizes that Wilson has found out that Myrtle has been having an affair but doesn't know with who. Wilson wants to move her west, so hopefully they can start fresh.
The friends decide to check into a suite at the plaza hotel, where Tom and Gatsby begino tussle with eachother. Tom states to Gatsby that he hates it when Gatsby calls him 'old sport' all the time. Tom also claims that Gatsby never attended Oxford before. This make Gatsby shout out that Daisy only loves him, and not Tom. Tom claims that Gatsby is a bootlegger, and a crook all along with Wolfsheim.
Daisy begins to realize that she does love Gatsby, but she also loves Tom the more and more she spends with him as well. After all thi dram set in, Nick then realizes that it's his 30th birthday. While driving back to their homes, Nick, Jordan and Tom realize tha theres been an accident. Michealis the restaurant owner from next door said that a yellow car hit her while she was in the road. right away, Tom claims that Gatsby hit Myrtle, but isn't completely sure. When Nick gets back, he finds Gatsby in the bushes waiting til Tom and Daisy are in the same room together, and to see if Tom hurts her. He sees them in the dining room with ale and cold fried chicken on the table, holding eachothers hands. Gatsby says he'll take all the blame for Myrtle's death, only because Daisy was the one driving. Nick leaves Gatsby standing in the moonlight alone.

Symbols: Death, car, VALLEY OF ASHES

Chapter 6 Journal

A news reporter arrives at Gatsby's house after hearing numerous rumors running back and forth through the office he works at. Gatsby is shocked when he arrives at his house, not knowing what to say to him in the process. After asking many questions, the reporter leaves his house, but that's after Nick tells him about Gatsby's history from what Gatsby told Nick. We find out that Gatsby attended St. Olaf college in North Dakota instead of attending Yale like he said. We also found out that Gatsby used to fish for salmon and dig for clams in Lake Superior. Thats where he saw Dan Cody's yacht. He rowed over to his boat to tell him there was a storm coming. Gatsby was taken in by Cody, who made him his assistant. This is where Gatsby got used to his wealthiness world. When Cody died, he left Gatsby $25,000, but Cody's mistress, Ella Kaye, wouldn't let him keep it, so Gatsby decided to become wealthy himself.
Nick goes over to Gatsby's house one day since he hasn't seen him in awhile, and finds Tom there with Gatsby. He walks in and noticed two other people, Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, two very wealthy people and Tom's friends. Gatsby informs Tom that he knows Daisy fairly well, and Tom get s a little pissed off. They invite Gatsby over for dinner, well Tom does, cause he knows Gatby has no social skill at all.
Tom and Daisy go to Gatsby's party the next Saturday, where Tom gets all nosey about Gatsby and Daisy. Tom tells Daisy that Gatsby's wealth comes from bootlegging and Daisyget upset, yelling at Tom that his money comes from stores he owns. This ruins Daisy's night even more for her, and they leave. But during the party, Daisy makes a remark to Tom saying here's my gold pencil. Which she's trying to say is that she knows Tom wants to get some numbers from girls at the party. After they leave, Gatsby wishes she stayed. Nick and Gatsby fight about her, and how Gatsby thinks he can remake the past with Daisy.

Vocab Words 1/20/10

Extremely tired, the wan man wasn't able to get up off the beach, causing the effect of sunburn.

John is a man of prodigality when he's with his girlfriend.

The feigned player acted like he was hurt, then jumped in the third quarter, startling the other coach!

The turtle languidly walked towards the water.

The guy had complacency when the girl told him she likes someone else.

The clowns levity scared all the children, so the mother kicked the clown out.

A fat man walked into McDonalds, and demanded a colossal sized burger, the biggest burger they had.

The man extemporized the musical with his wand.

The man stood up shaking in front of the large crowd before stating his extemporary speech.

The kid had a supercilious attitude, so nobody liked him when he got to school.

The infinitesimal man wasn't able to play in the NBA.

The teacher was becoming fractious when the student wasn't able to read in English class.

Chapter 5 Journal

When Nick arrives back at his house, he isn't close enough to realize that it's Gatsby's house, must completely lit up with lights on all around the house! Nick first thought it was on fire, but it turns out Gatsby turned on all the lights in hope that Daisy will notice his house sometime. Gatsby is all jittery, wanting Nick to go to Coney Island with him, and to go swimming in his pool. All Gatsby wants is for Nick to follow through with the plan to invite Jordan and Daisy over for tea, but not for Daisy to know that Gatsby will be there. Gatsby offers to cut Nicks grass, even though it rains on the day of the meeting. Later on, Jordan and Daisy arrive at Gatsby's, only for Daisy to notice that Gatsby is there as well. Gatsby is super nervous, only to knock the clock off the mantelpiece, in discouragement. Later, Gatsby shows Daisy around after building some courage and excitement. He shows her his room, which she notices he has a ton of new shirts that haven't been worn. She starts to cry, and leaves, puzzling Gatsby. But before she leaves, he tells her that he wants to be with her.

Chapter 4 Journal

Nick tries to figure out who all attended Gatsbys party. He gets some names, but not all of them. Later him and Gatsby head to New York where they are supposed to have lunch together. They chat about what has happened to Gatsby in the past and where he attended college. And that he had collected jewels an went big game hunting in Europe for years. They are driving down the road, and a policeman stops them, pulling Gatsby over. He pulls out a card, which he shows to the policeman, who lets Gatsby go, confusing Nick.
Nick then meets Mr. Wolfshiem. They talk, then later Gatsby reveals that Wolfshiem fixed the 1919 World Series. Later, Nick finds Jordan, which tells him what her and Gatsby were chatting about at the party. She tells him that Gatsby is in love with Daisy, and wants to be back together with her. She used to live in Kentucky, where all the officers loved her, but the one she noticed the most was Gatsby, who was stationed by her house. Gatsby then had to leave for war, and Daisy ended up marrying Tom. This is why Gatsby had bought his mansion by her house, so he could get the chance to fall back into each others arms.
Gatsby asks Nick to set up a little date so that Daisy would come over for tea. Gatsby gets jitters just thinking about it.

Symbols: Gatsby's Car, Pearls

Allusions:

Study Questions Chapter 3

1. That he’s related to Kaiser, an old dictator. He was a spy for the German’s during the war. That he has killed a man before but acts natural, and that he’s a bootlegger, someone who sells knock offs of popular things illegally.

2. He’s not careless like Jordan Baker told him. And he doesn’t’ know anybody else at the party besides Jordan, who he ends up hanging out with the whole time, until he meets Gatsby for the first time.

3. He has a bunch of uncut books, which means that they haven’t been read before, and he has all these trinkets from when he supposedly went to Oxford, like a medallion with his name on the back.


4. He remembers him from college, supposedly Oxford, cause it’s close to Princeton. Nick doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

5. That she cheated in a golf tournament. She had moved her ball so she could have a better opening in her shot towards the pin. The caddy was going to tell on her, but refrained himself from bursting out words.

6. He writes many letters back to Minnesota, writing love on every one of them before he signs his name. That he may have a lady friend back home, but now that he lives in a different part of the country, that he may break up with that girl, and try his luck with Jordan.

7. He sees things that aren’t happening [car crash]. And he believes he’s been drunk for about an entire week now, which is strange.

8. Someone has crashed into a ditch, where a pale man gets out of the car, stating that he didn’t know that the car had stopped. Everyone thinks he’s a ghost or spirit that descended from the sky. Apparently the wheel had fallen off the car too, so this freaks everyone out. Then Owl Eyes tries to drive himself, which is unsuccessful, but then Jordan tries to make herself known, as the worst driver ever. She almost hits someone, but nicks his button with the bumper. This says that driving can easily be the meaning of death, or lead someone to death.

9. He finally meet Gatsby, Owl Eyes, see the real Jordan Baker, and witness how she feels and the true her. Reinforces the idea of bad drivers, and relationships.

10. This is where Nick finally meets Gatsby. They talk about everything in Gatsby past and a little about Nick. Shows you is a way what kind of person Gatsby is, but what he may tell you might not all be true. When Gatsby stated that he had attended Oxford, when Nick sees all his uncut books, this makes him see Gatsby as a different person and liar.

11. Bad Drivers, Car Crash, Inebriation.

12. Owl Eyes, Gatsby, Nick&Jordan, Car Crash, Nick asking Jordan out, Gatsby wanting to tell Jordan a secret, Nick and Gatsby conversing.

13. So she can have full control over the date and not have to be told what to do, but can be the one telling him what to do, since he never graduated high school.

The Great Gatsby Vocabulary

All the women were behaving appropriately, accept this one girl, who had a decadent persona.

The hairy old man proved his risque behavior towards the high school girls during a get together.

The Red Sox and Yankees armistice for fair play ended about a week later.

The girls rendezvoused at the mall from 10am-5pm.

That destitute man just sat in his house all day, eating chips and drinking soda.

The geeky boy was mesmerized by the cheerleaders at the football game.

The sardonic little boy was the annoyance and echo towards the teacher.

Distraught from their lost, the Yakutat Eagles ran home to cry.

The inebriated man took two steps forward, then fell right off the porch.

All the debutante girls went camping in the woods, but ended up getting mauled by a bear.