Gatsby's American Dream: Reading The Great Gatsby Critically, Chapter 1
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Uploaded by vlogbrothers on Jul 18, 2011
In which John Green discusses the first chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, including thoughts on the role that the ideas of the self-made man and the American dream fuel the beginning of the novel. Themes, metaphors, and symbols are all discussed--although hopefully not in that boring and unlikable way you all find so reprehensible.
Discuss the book! http://yourpants.org/threads/9896-The-Official-Thread-for-Discussing-The-Grea...
In the first chapter, our narrator Nick Carraway introduces us briefly to Gatsby before taking us to an awful dinner with the unhappily married Buchanans, Tom and Daisey, who live in great wealth and misery on East Egg.
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We read this in AP Literature, I wish I'd found this while we were still reading it! :l
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Is it just me or is this video a little bit out of focus?
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i refuse to watch passed the intro because i JUST got the book today yyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
y then i saw this video and im like OMG JOHN GREEN LIKES THE BOOK IM READING.... please excuse my hyper-ness because 1 im only 12 and 2 JOHN GREEN LIKES THE BOOK IM READING SO MUCH HE MADE A REVIEW ABOUT IT 2 days ago 2
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Yeah Tom is cool MEOW MEOW
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Tom Buchanon ROOLS
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I actually googled Miles Halter, despite reading Looking for Alaska many times. In my defense, his last name is mentioned maybe twice and he is known as Pudge for about 95% of the book.
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@Finvola4 He didn't steal it. He spreads Wheezy Waiter's awesomeness
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I was on the fence, but fine, this made me subscribe.
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Hey! You stole ' doubely doo' from WheezyWaiter! Shame on you.
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:')
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I showed this video to my teacher who showed it to another English teacher who showed it to another English teacher and apparently it's being showed in almost all the English 3 classes at my school. Hoo-Ha! Nerdfighters!
squishy300 2 months ago 70
John: Y U NO REVIEW EVERY CHAPTER?!?!?
homestarrunnerfan226 2 weeks ago 29