Homework for Thursday, Jan. 5

Read and annotate chapters I and II (to p. 38) of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Give special attention to Fitzgerald's sentences (identify favorite ones in your book), and take time to read aloud parts of the novel. Write one typed page in response to the following prompt: In class, I spent a bit of time praising Fitzgerald as a stylist. From your reading so far, is that praise warranted? Focus on the rhetorical aspects of Fitzgerald's writing, i.e., the way his writing produces (or fails to produce) certain effects on the reader, and be sure to quote the text directly.