1920s-Gatsby Chapter 2

Split class today. Half the class will work on projects (here are the groups as well as 4-5 guiding questions), half the class will study chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby.

• Review chapter 1-who are these characters?

The Valley of Ashes

“This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”

Think of the symbolic nature of the Valley of Ashes and the eyes of TJ Eckleberg. Who lives there? How do they fit into their environment? What happens there?