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Just Shmoop It!

http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/
At times, you may feel lost and confused when reading this novel, but with the help of this fantastic website called Shmoop, you won't be no more. Shmoop helps you with characterization, finding out major themes, symbols/motifs, and other literary devices. Shmoop serves as a great study guide that prepares questions about the novel for you to quiz yourself.

 “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” —Meyer Wolfshiem

 “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” —Nick Carraway

“I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” —Daisy Buchanan

The Great Gatsby is a Great Book!

http://literarycornercafe.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-classics-great-gatsby-by-f.html
Have you ever wondered what others think of The Great Gatsby? Well, now you can answer your own question with this book review on the novel! All book reviews are bias of course, but it may allow you to understand the novel a little better. Reading others interpretations is also not always a bad thing. Who knows, it may spark a light in you! I believe this book review gives positive feed back of the novel and also gives the reader a mini summary which is fairly accurate. The validity of the review is supported with evidence making this website a good source for understanding.

I Understand Now!!

http://prezi.com/_jbqu48v6mdg/the-great-gatsby-prezi/
This is a Prezi created by two students named Melania Tuttle and  Erica Ziranski . It gives great and very accurate plot summaries of each chapter from the novel,The Great Gatsby and concludes in a Youtube video. The video was created to show a summary of the whole novel with a visual understanding of each description.

Historical Biographical Info.



 

http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html

This website is a great way to begin any research for an essay or any other writing assignment you may get for The Great Gatsby. Its important to learn the historical biographical of an author in order to get a better understanding of the novel or any other type of text. I chose this website because it is a reliable source and the background information on F. Scott. Fitzgerald was overall accurate.

F.Scott Fitzgerald