Nadir Hassan/Mr. Rivers/Ms. Dalia/English CP 11/December 8th 2016
English Class in the Lazy Afternoon
Today was a normal day. First, Mr. Rivers and Ms. Dalia decided to give out a reading check quiz for the class to take. After patiently waiting for every to take a quiz we discussed our objectives of the day. The two objectives were to analyze how framing and non-linear narratives affect text and evaluating choices of an author’s craft. We then discussed briefly the difference between “effect” and “affect”. (For those who are curious, affect is a verb, effect is a noun). We then jumped right into discussing the Narrative structure of Chapter 4, the chapter required to read for today. We discovered that this chapter includes a framing narrative. Additionally, it is also romanticist because it shows the fondness of the past. The framed narrative incorporated into this chapter makes this chapter non-linear. A framed narrative is a story within a story. In this chapter, Jordan narrates the story between Daisy and Gatsby within the story of Nick’s, The Great Gatsby. Nonlinear is not starting with the beginning but rather in the middle. This chapter is nonlinear because it is a flashback to the past in which Daisy and Gatsby got to meet one another. When a different narrator narrates, it takes the reader back to a different setting. This also has a modernist side to it because it shows complicated time and truth as absolutes. We then went into further detail of romantic qualities in this chapter. The two we mentioned was “appreciation of the past” and “Emotion over reason”. We then went more in depth into these two topics!
(A glimpse into the future...)
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