Welcome to Pete's Great Gatsby inSite. In case you're wondering who the heck Pete is, she is our English III teacher. Every Year once a year she breaks out the Gatsby books and forces her students into a couple grueling months of hell.

 

One of the assignments that she gives is to make her something creative concerning The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, or culture of the 1920's. Thus, the purpose for this page. I hope what is contained in this site can help those of you who suffer our same fate.

 

Characters

This section of Pete's website is dedicated to helping you get to know the charactors of The Great Gastsby and hopefully help you put together the complex puzzle of symbolisim that each person adds to this masterpeice.

Jay Gatz (Gatsby) Nick Carroway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker
Myrtle Wilson George Wilson Mier Wolfsheim Owl Eyes The McKees

 



Theme

In This Section, The Themes, I will attempt to unravel everything and lay it out in front of you. I hope that after reading this you have a little better understanding of the message F. Scott is trying to deliver in this complex novel.

To the Theme

Symbolic Objects

If you have an English teacher like ours you surely know how much effort I had to include in this section. To Pete, anything and everything preceeded by an adjective has two or more meanings. Well maybe they do and maybe they don't, but these symbolic objects should give you a little better idea of how Fitzgerald used detailed adjectives to create Juxtaposition and his hidden meanings.

On to the Symbolic Objects

 

 

 


Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

This section is here to provide those of you who wish to know more about Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Most of Fitzgeralds novels and short stories were based from experiances and people F. Scott had encountered. In knowing more about What F. Scott went through during the course of his life, you can better understand the viewpoint F. Scott had when writing The Great Gatsby. This section contains a bit of information on Zelda also. Most information about Zelda is brief and not very informative. I hope you find the information I have contained on Zelda more compete.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald & Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald



The Roaring Twenties

During the 1920s America changed greatly. For most people it was a time of prosparity. The stock market was soaring, the war was over and alcohol was illeagalized. Prohibition played a major role in the way society began dealing with the law. Normal law abiding citizens became like a rebellious teenager trying to get away with what they could. For the most part the 1920's brought forth in people a new law to live by We might as well have fun while we're still alive. If you are interested in what the key factors of society's behavior were in the 1920s you're welcome to check out this page.

The Roaring Twenties