Thursday, 13 December 2012

The Great Gatsby [Chapter 8]

Notes from chapter eight...

Interesting quotes from chapter 8 and the 8 phases.
  • PHASE ONE- 'I couldn't sleep all night' 
  • PHASE TWO- 'She thought i knew a lot because i knew different things from her'
  • PHASE THREE- 'And all the time something within her was crying for a decision'
  • PHASE FOUR- 'I don't think she ever loved him'
  • PHASE FIVE- 'I fell asleep in my swivel chair'
  • PHASES SIX- 'Abruptly we weren't talking any longer'
  • PHASE SEVEN- 'The hard brown beetles kept thudding against the dull light'
  • PHASE EIGHT- 'No telephone messages arrived'
Use of color 
  • Golden and silver slippers
  • Grey tea hour
  • Rose petals
Extra notes
  • Relates back to war
  • Use of imagery; sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes -Beale street blues. -Orchastra's which set the rhythm of the year.
  • Also relates to phonology, which helps to create the scene.

1 comment:

  1. Can you explain how phonology helps to set the scene? Storytelling methods?

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