Your opening image is gorgeous, and really dramatic. The sparkle of the background and the dark, theatrical picture really grab an audience’s attention immediately. I also appreciate that you didn’t really mention Gatsby much, which allowed you to build Fitzgerald for us, without our preconceived notions really clouding what you were conveying. The parallels you draw between Fitzgerald and the novel are reinforced by the layouts of the slides being so similar. I think this parallelism is important to us because it is definitely becoming a more unvisceral trend. Authors write what they know and what they’ve experienced. By beginning the more analytical part of your presentation with an example, you involved the audience more directly. This really taught how to find imagery and symbolism well. You definitely have an abundance of quotes present on your slides, showing how deeply you read your text, and how abundant the devices truly are in Fitzgerald’s writing. This shows us how aware we have to be when reading his writing because there is simply so much to it. Essentially every word is important and conveys a deeper meaning. The binary opposites you presented will also be useful for the AP exam because they are universally applicable to literature. Thank you, and good luck in your future!
Hi Tina! Your research paper, entitled “The Illusion of Paradise: Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise and Tender is the Night,” was really insightful, along with your PowerPoint presentation. I was able to understand how Fitzgerald’s own life and relationship with Zelda added meaning to his work Tender is the Night, which proves that personal experiences are an influential factor in a lot of writing. Your paper also analyzed how imagery and symbolism within your novels intertwined to create a deeper understanding of the plot and nuances within it. I also like how you added a slide on how to use a feminist critical approach to analyze a piece, because it offered a way of examining literature under the viewpoint of feminist politics, which is becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society. Your PowerPoint was aesthetically pleasing, with the main colors of gold and black, which are reminiscent of The Great Gatsby (another one of Fitzgerald’s famous literary works). Your focus on identity and disillusion can be linked to Sylvia Plath’s writing subjects as well, which helped me draw more connections between the novels. Your idea of having the audience find the imagery and symbolism in your prose passage was helpful, because it allowed us to take a break and look for language that represented objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to the physical senses. All in all, your presentation and paper on “The Illusion of Paradise” was very enlightening, and it has definitely made me want to read more of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work!
Your opening image is gorgeous, and really dramatic. The sparkle of the background and the dark, theatrical picture really grab an audience’s attention immediately. I also appreciate that you didn’t really mention Gatsby much, which allowed you to build Fitzgerald for us, without our preconceived notions really clouding what you were conveying. The parallels you draw between Fitzgerald and the novel are reinforced by the layouts of the slides being so similar. I think this parallelism is important to us because it is definitely becoming a more unvisceral trend. Authors write what they know and what they’ve experienced.
ReplyDeleteBy beginning the more analytical part of your presentation with an example, you involved the audience more directly. This really taught how to find imagery and symbolism well. You definitely have an abundance of quotes present on your slides, showing how deeply you read your text, and how abundant the devices truly are in Fitzgerald’s writing. This shows us how aware we have to be when reading his writing because there is simply so much to it. Essentially every word is important and conveys a deeper meaning. The binary opposites you presented will also be useful for the AP exam because they are universally applicable to literature. Thank you, and good luck in your future!
Hi Tina! Your research paper, entitled “The Illusion of Paradise: Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise and Tender is the Night,” was really insightful, along with your PowerPoint presentation. I was able to understand how Fitzgerald’s own life and relationship with Zelda added meaning to his work Tender is the Night, which proves that personal experiences are an influential factor in a lot of writing. Your paper also analyzed how imagery and symbolism within your novels intertwined to create a deeper understanding of the plot and nuances within it. I also like how you added a slide on how to use a feminist critical approach to analyze a piece, because it offered a way of examining literature under the viewpoint of feminist politics, which is becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society.
ReplyDeleteYour PowerPoint was aesthetically pleasing, with the main colors of gold and black, which are reminiscent of The Great Gatsby (another one of Fitzgerald’s famous literary works). Your focus on identity and disillusion can be linked to Sylvia Plath’s writing subjects as well, which helped me draw more connections between the novels. Your idea of having the audience find the imagery and symbolism in your prose passage was helpful, because it allowed us to take a break and look for language that represented objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to the physical senses. All in all, your presentation and paper on “The Illusion of Paradise” was very enlightening, and it has definitely made me want to read more of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work!