LITERATURE ANALYSIS #1 The Great Gatsby

1. The plot in the novel was how Gatsby wanted Daisy, but Daisy had a husband who was Tom. Tom was in love with Myrtle, a girl he doesn't know much about. The exposition is how the narrator was from world war 1 and is renting a house from West Egg. West egg in a small fancy town. There are many different classes depending on where you live. 

2. The theme of the novel is the reality vs the past. Meaning how the classes are divided up, and each one is apart of a town. The author had choose to write about this because of watching how he grew up in a neighborhood similar to it. 

3. I choose this book because I had a little background to it. I've heard of this book in another class. The first time looking at this book, I thought it was difficult to understand due to the fact it was twisted. What made me keep reading it was how the characters all liked each other, but then again they each had someone. It had caught my attention by the suspense in this novel. 

4. I found this novel realistic because of how they described the " upper class " or the " wealthy and powerful ". I didn't really have connections to this book due to the fact that this all happened in the past which I wasn't born yet. 

5. The authors tone in this novel was first explaining how it's reality vs the past. You think something is going to be one way, but really it doesn't happen the way you see it. Another tone the author had was suspenseful due to the fact that the novel was twisted with events. The third tone the author had was a new beginning. 

6. One literary element is a symbol of the green light. The green light was the Gatsby's hope and dreams for the future. Another symbol was New York. It stood for a symbol of America. A motif is geography. It's a place and settings telling about the 1920's. The tone through the novel was suspenseful due to the action. There was also the difference between the social classes and the spirit of the 1920's. Another literary element is the decline of the American Dream. An imagery is how each of the characters liked each other but they all had some they were with. A situational irony that happened In the novel was how the end of the story ended. A diction in this novel was "wealthy". 

Characterization: 

1. A direct example on Daisy is how they describe her as being sad and lovely. An indirect example of Daisy is how they say a beautiful little fool is the best thing a girl can be in the world. Another character is nick. A direct characterization is nick not the author. An indirect example is how we judge it wether the way it's describe is true or not. The author uses both approaches to see both sides of the characterization. My last impression of the characters is wealthy but not judging. 

2. The author does diction on the characters by the way they are described in the novel. Some characters seem more wealthier then others, and others seem less caring of their class. 

3. The main character Gatsby I would say is both static and round. I think he's round because he shows no change in the entire book. He's static because he's the most in dept. 

4. After reading this book, I felt like I met a character. I felt like I met Gatsby because he's not such a bad man at all. They described him as killing someone in the begin of the novel, which he wasn't like. 

ENDURING MEMORY: 

Two enduring memories I have in this story is the twisted event of the characters, and how the story ends. The twisting event was very exciting due to the fact that I didn't know what was going to happen. At the end of the story, it didn't end as I thought it would. It twisted the story again and ended a totally different way! Although it was a very twisting novel, it was good story overall.