tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post6424169989578805499..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: On Teaching The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-74724061247374201822013-05-29T01:13:29.711-04:002013-05-29T01:13:29.711-04:00I wish I had been in that class. I would have so l...I wish I had been in that class. I would have so loved to learn literature in school and college, but we just don't have that many critical thinking teachers who actually open up minds to great literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-17676459397577645542013-04-24T19:31:45.407-04:002013-04-24T19:31:45.407-04:00I think the great in the title was one of Gatsby&#...I think the great in the title was one of Gatsby's self-promotion tricks. <br />He wanted to be great, he did everything he could to be great (in Daisy's eyes in particular) but it was also his downfall. <br />To thine own self be true - trying to be someone you're not to get someone else's attention or approval is the fastest way to disappointment.<br />I'm not sure Gatsby would have been disappointed by the funeral turnout. He didn't know who half the 'friends' were at his parties either. They were there for show - a sign of his greatness/popularity.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-10367285647810832402013-04-24T13:24:35.353-04:002013-04-24T13:24:35.353-04:00My sister-in-law is also teaching The Great Gatsby...My sister-in-law is also teaching The Great Gatsby to her students right now. I hope her experience will be as good as yours. She has a tough crowd! It's one of my very favorites, but I read it for the first time as an adult. I think I would have liked it in high school though, if I had an enthusiastic teacher.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408471966661831444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-41232606601975397842013-04-22T05:44:50.018-04:002013-04-22T05:44:50.018-04:00I'm busy reading this novel, I'm about 70 ...I'm busy reading this novel, I'm about 70 pages in and I am liking it, but not yet loving it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-67012929383573590602013-04-19T12:31:35.174-04:002013-04-19T12:31:35.174-04:00I'm glad that you have helped a new generation...I'm glad that you have helped a new generation appreciate the greatness of the Great Gatsby!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16118488336055805591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-65330323237400577062013-04-19T11:46:47.525-04:002013-04-19T11:46:47.525-04:00I'm re-reading this one with Fanda next month....I'm re-reading this one with Fanda next month. The last time I read it I was in high school, so I love hearing about your experience teaching it! I also love that you used the Crash Course videos in your class. Those are such a great resource. <br /><br />I'm excited to see how my opinions of Gatsby might have changed in the last ten years. I think with any book, your perception changes as your experiences change you. Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-59630442049603006622013-04-19T02:05:42.203-04:002013-04-19T02:05:42.203-04:00I am about to start re-reading this, I have been o...I am about to start re-reading this, I have been on a bit of a between the wars reading kick at the moment, having just finished Hemingway's Moveable Feast and currently reading The Sun also Rises. I loved Hemingway's observations on Fitzgerald although his opinion his clearly coloured. Looking forward to this one and the movie.<br />It does seem a really relevant text to teach to this generation, with its emphasis on popularity etc., you must have had some fascinating class discussion.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-25182507097845219952013-04-18T22:31:16.546-04:002013-04-18T22:31:16.546-04:00I'm planning to reread Great Gatsby next month...I'm planning to reread Great Gatsby next month, so thanks for posting this. Congrats too, for having taught your pupils on this, I'd really like to sit there with your pupils ^^ I hope I will love GG more this time (as I loved it in my first read).Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-44357153533779822692013-04-18T15:52:53.449-04:002013-04-18T15:52:53.449-04:00So glad that you had this experience. My partner ...So glad that you had this experience. My partner is about to read this for the very first time, in preparation for the movie. It's a book I didn't like much at all when I first read it, really enjoyed when I read it again years later, and absolutely fell in love with when I read it for a third time just a few months ago. <br /><br />Was Gatsby truly great? That IS the question, isn't it? "Great" has so many meanings - which makes even the title ambiguous. And I think that's the point. Roof Beam Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792884580084363046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-71064273228615574452013-04-18T04:29:49.764-04:002013-04-18T04:29:49.764-04:00I'm sure you'll receive a lot of comments ...I'm sure you'll receive a lot of comments like this, but I truly envy you! Teaching classic novels must be a great experience, although I'd find it slightly worrying, considering how badly most of my teachers did it. I read Gatsby for school, and while I really enjoyed reading it, the classes didn't have the excitement that I hoped for. It certainly seems that you have made your classes interesting, however, and it's great that you've gained so much from it too.<br /><br />As you've mentioned, I'm one of the people who are scheduling a re-read of Gatsby before the film. Hopefully it will live up to the book :)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15103141646225036708noreply@blogger.com