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Unit 14 F.S.Fitzgerald Teaching Aims: Introduce the writers to the students Familiarize students with ideas of the writing and language used Give them some knowledge of American Dream and American South literature Key Points to Teach: F.S. Fitzgerald’s life and literary achievements Social background and American Dream A brief discussion of The Great Gatsby W. Faulkner’s life and literary achievements American South literature A brief discussion of A Rose for Emily I. F.S.Fizgerald’s Works Fiction: Tales of the Jazz Age The Beautiful and Damned The Great Gatsby The Side of Paradise Tender is the Night Short Stories The Offshore Pirate The Ice Palace Head and Shoulders The Cut-Glass Bowl Bernice Bobs Her Hair Benedition Dalyrimple Goes Wrong The Four Fists The Great Gatsby (1925) Written in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby is often referred to as The Great American Novel, and as the quintessential work which captures the mood of the Jazz Age. Character Analysis Nick Carraway Jay Gatsby Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan The hardest character to understand in the book because he is the narrator and will therefore only give us an impression of himself that he would like to give. He tells the reader that I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known, but we see him lie on several occasions. So it is all but impossible to get an accurate picture of Nick. By the end of the book he is very jaded, though. When he and Jordan break up he says Im thirty. Im five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor. So the experience with Gatsby and the others takes its toll on him. But in the end, the reader cannot be certain of who the real Nick is. Nick Gatsby came from poor beginnings and created a fantasy world where he was rich and powerful. Even in his youth Gatsby was not content with what he had. He wanted money, so he managed to get it. He wanted Daisy, and she slipped through his fingers. She was part of his im