Homework for Wednesday, Jan. 16

Apologies for posting this late. Read and annotate pp. 80-125 of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. (Stop at the break at the top of p. 125.) You do not have a writing component due with this reading assignment; instead, you'll write in class. During Monday's class, we talked about how Nick loses control of the narrative of Gatsby, first with Gatsby telling his own story, and then with Daisy taking over the narration. We talked about how that might indicate that Nick is no longer capable of telling this story. This is what you'll have to write about in class: In reading this section of the reading, do you find that Nick is up to the challenge of telling Gatsby's story, or do other factors interfere with his ability to be a reliable narrator? You will be able to use your book.