F. Scott Fitzgerald chooses his words carefully in this novel. Choose passages that reveal the use of specific words and associated words and ideas that may, when taken in total, add meaning to the novel. For example, notice how many times the word “hope” and “dream” are used in the first chapter. What other words seem to appear with regularity? Look for patterns — make associations between seemingly unrelated passages that may have similar words that are echos of words used in other parts of the text. Some words to consider are: hope, dream, money, any number of colors (green, blue, white, etc.), words that are associated with violence and/or destruction, dust and dirt, death, body parts (anything anotomical), restlessness and/or agitation, light and dark, and others that you may run across. Pick a word and track it through the novel and you’ll be surprised what the results may yield.
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