11/28/17

Today in class we applied some close reading skills to identify modern and romantic qualities to some passages from the Great Gatsby. Then we learned about framing narratives. We first looked at a quote on pg.78, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay". The Romanticism in this quote is how Gatsby's actions were purely based on emotion and that Gatsby was ignoring the fact that Daisy was married. The modernist part is how he had the money to buy this house and that he has access to old and new money. the next quote we analyzed was "His voice was solemn as if the memory of that sudden extinction of a clan still haunted him. For a moment I suspected that he was pulling my leg but a glance at him convinced me otherwise". The romantic part of this is that Nick had a gut feeling that at first he was lying but when he looked at him, he changed his mind. The modern part is how after Gatsby's family died he got even more money. Another modern idea is how they are gaps in the truth and we are not sure exactly was happened. We then learned about what a framing narrative, which is a story within a story. A framing narrative is kind of a homage to the past and it is a very romantic idea. A framing narrative shows how the inner story affects the bigger picture. A framing narrative is around us all the time. First in books and movies, T.V and then in our everyday life. We hear stories about other people or places from someone else who heard from somewhere or someone else, etc. A framing narrative also can tell us how different people talk and what their perception of the situation is.