Homework for Monday, Jan. 14

Read and annotate pp. 39-80 of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and complete the following writing assignment: You are F. Scott Fitzgerald. Chapter IV of The Great Gatsby includes two stories that involve Gatsby, one told by Gatsby himself, and one told by Jordan Baker. Explain how you approached writing Gatsby's story about himself (pp. 65-67) and Jordan Baker's story about him (pp. 74-77). You may want to reflect on the purpose of each story in the narrative, dialogue, characterization,  flashback, internal narration, detail, punctuation, diction, Nick's involvement in each story, and so on.  (Not more than one page in length.)