The Great Gatsby Socratic Questions Directions: Prepare thoughtful answers the following questions. You will be graded on
your participation in the Socratic discussion, so be sure to include specific evidence from
the text.
1. Fitzgerald goes into great detail to describe Tom Buchanan on page 7, most notably
when he says that Tom had a "body capable of enormous leverage---a cruel body"
(Fitzgerald 7). Reread this passage. How does this first impression of Tom prepare the
reader for Tom's beliefs and actions in the novel as a whole?
2. Discuss the differences between the two "eggs" and the Valley of Ashes. What is
Fitzgerald's message about the social classes in the 1920s? Be thorough.
3. Discuss the color associated with Daisy, citing specific examples from the text. Why is
this particular color significant for Daisy?
4. Nick describes lordan as "incurably dishonest," but he tells the reader that it doesn't

True or false: a writer uses ellipses to indicate an omission or that something has been left out of a direct quote.

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.