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Unit 5
12th Grade
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Analyze how the filmmaker establishes tone in the film version.
Movie: The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann, 2013
Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Compare the film version of The Great Gatsby to the novel by identifying and analyzing how tone is developed in the opening scene of each.
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Students should watch the opening scene of the film. If desired, more scenes of the film can also be used.
Identify contradictions present in 1920s society and evaluate how these contradictions are revealed in the opening chapter of the novel.
Analyze the key diction used to characterize the setting as well as the major characters: Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, etc.
Compare how Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, etc., are characterized versus how Gatsby is characterized.
Identify details from chapter 3 that can support assertions about Gatsby’s character.
Analyze how Fitzgerald develops the symbolic meaning of cars in the novel.
Identify details from chapter 4 that can support our assertions about Gatsby’s character.
Analyze Fitzgerald’s characterization of Gatsby and his development of theme in chapters 5 and 6.
Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of diction, characterization, and historical context to develop the themes of memory and social class.
Evaluate Fitzgerald’s use of foreshadowing and symbolism in the final chapters of the novel.
Evaluate the essential questions of the unit in the context of the novel.
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