Class 11/28/17

In the beginning of class today we went over our 'I Will Be Able To's which would direct the class's discussion today. The most prominent one that we would be focusing on for the day was 'I Will Be Able To' apply close reading skills to identify modern and romantic qualities. We began with finding modern and romantic examples/influences in our Most Valuable Passage's from Mondays discussion. The first passage was, " Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (Fitzgerald 78). The class was able to determine, essentially that, the excerpt was both romantic and modern. It was romantic because his actions were completely based on the emotion of his love for Daisy and that he doesn't care about the fact that Tom and Daisy are married. It also has modern influences however because Gatsby buying the house across the bay shows wealth/class divisions and it shows that Gatsby's money is allowing him to break through those divisions. The main concept however for the day was that out of all of these MVP excerpts was that the quotes, the majority of chapter 4, and the whole book itself were all part of a big framing narrative. Framing narratives are when a story is told inside of a story such as the book Frankenstein. In Chapter 4 of the Great Gatsby however the framing narrative was; F. Scott Fitzgerald who tells Nicks story who tells the reader what Jordan tells him about Gatsby/Daisy's past and relationship story. The discussion during this class period can be applied and connects to the real world very easily and clearly. In almost every book, article, newspaper, or any story you read there will be some form of framing narrative within it. Especially in mystery novels such as Sherlock Holmes or And Then There Were None. Additionally, close reading skills are very useful and applicable when taking a History, English, or Literature class in college where that will be required of you daily or when you are reading a article, excerpt, or document that you have to analyze for bias, evidence to support an argument in an essay, or simply wanting to understand what the author was writing about fully.